Wine Makers, etc.

This month’s puzzle features a platter with the “Winemakers” pattern, plates with an American view and a marine subject, and three childrens’ mugs. The “Winemakers” image source is an Italian print after artist Carlo Maratti engraved by Giovanni Girolamo Frezza, c. 1704. The pattern was produced by potter John Denton Bagster or (Baxter), in business from 1823 to 1827, in Hanley, Staffordshire and at least one other pottery. The plate on the left is from the “Irregular Shell Border Series by Enoch Wood & Sons,” in business from 1818 to 1846 in Burslem. This particular view appears not to be in the TCC database. The plate on the right shows the State House Boston. This version of the pattern (# 5798 in the TCC database) is by Ralph Stevenson & Williams (1825–1827) Cobridge. At least six other potters produced views of the Boston State House. The mugs, from left to right are “Present from New York” (DB 4772), “Present from Carolina” (DB 5858), and “Kingfisher,” which is not yet recorded in the database.