Plate

ca. 1831–ca. 1835

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774

This pink and white transfer-printed earthenware plate features a view of the Hancock family mansion, a famous colonial structure on Beacon Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The two-storey granite-facaded structure was erected by Boston merchant Thomas Hancock (1703–1764) in 1737, the year his nephew and later occupant of the mansion, John Hancock (1737–1793), was born. During the American Revolutionary War the mansion was used as military headquarters during the Charlestown engagement of 1775 and for sheltering wounded soldiers during the Battle of Bunker Hill.

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Title: Plate
Maker: Job & John Jackson (active 1831–35)
Date: ca. 1831–ca. 1835
Geography: Made in Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, England
Culture: British (American market)
Medium: Earthenware, transfer-printed
Dimensions: Diam. 7 3/4 in. (19.7 cm)
Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Mandeville Johnston, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. S. Johnston, 1914
Object Number: 14.102.297
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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Platter

Job & John Jackson

ca. 1831–ca. 1835

Plate, Job & John Jackson, Earthenware, transfer-printed, British (American market) — Plate
Job & John Jackson
ca. 1831–ca. 1835

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