Plate
This pink and white transfer-printed earthenware plate made by the Staffordshire firm of Job & John Jackson features a view of the historic town of Shannondale Springs, Virginia located west of the Blue Ridge Mountains. During the nineteenth century Shannondale Springs was a famous resort celebrated internationally among fashionable and wealthy patrons for its stunning mountain scenery and health-giving waters from the local mineral springs. The resort rivaled Saratoga Springs, New York in popularity. Representative of a new specialized leisure activity as well as a new use of architecture, resorts and hotels were often depicted on transfer-printed export wares and may have been a primary venue for the actual use of such wares. Two additional famous resorts, the Catskill Mountain House in New York and the Nahant Hotel in Massachusetts, are pictured on other pieces in the American Wing's collection. See 10.57.11, 14.102.43, 14.102.245 and14.102.279. Jackson's view of Shannondale Springs was based on a drawing by English-born New York artist Charles Burton (active ca. 1819–1842) engraved by Fenner, Sears & Co. and reproduced as "Shannondale Springs, Virginia" in John Howard Hinton's "The History and Topography of the United States of North America" (London, 1830 and 1832). Jackson varied Fenner's engraving by thinning the overhanging trees and simplifying the distant skyline. Jackson included the view in its series commonly known as "American Scenery” consisting of approximately thirty-two American views produced for the United States export market with a standard border of floral bouquets and blossoms, C-scrolls and an outer beaded band. The collection contains additional pieces by Jackson from the same series. It also contains original works by Burton. Refer to the Dictionary for a definition of the term "transfer printing" and for information about Jackson.
Artwork Details
- Title: Plate
- Maker: Job & John Jackson (active 1831–35)
- Date: ca. 1831–ca. 1835
- Geography: Made in Staffordshire, England
- Culture: British (American market)
- Medium: Earthenware, transfer-printed
- Dimensions: Diam. 9 in. (22.9 cm)
- Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Mandeville Johnston, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. S. Johnston, 1914
- Object Number: 14.102.261
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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Job & John Jackson (active 1831–35)
ca. 1831–ca. 1835
Job & John Jackson (active 1831–35)
ca. 1831–ca. 1835
Job & John Jackson (active 1831–35)
ca. 1831–ca. 1835
Job & John Jackson (active 1831–35)
ca. 1831–ca. 1835
Job & John Jackson (active 1831–35)
ca. 1831–ca. 1835
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