John Rogers
“Boston State House”
1814-1841
Physical Qualities
Lead-glazed earthenware, transfer-printed in cobalt blue, 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) H
Credit Line
Bequest of George C. Jenkins
Object Number
1930.65.279
English-made wares decorated with American scenes were extremely popular with American consumers during the first half of the 19th century. The Old State House in Boston, built in 1713, is the city’s oldest surviving public building. This decorated pap boat offered a nurse or mother a little story to tell when feeding a child or an invalid.
Ted Gallagher, "Travelogue: Sightings of "Old Blue" Staffordshire," "Transferware Collectors Club Bulletin," Autumn 2005, Vol. VII, No. 1, pp. 11-17, ill. p. 14.
On View at the BMA
