Some unknown Staffordshire potter took aim at the patriotic American market with this dark...
Some unknown Staffordshire potter took aim at the patriotic American market with this dark blue pearlware salad plate praising the Erie Canal. Blossoms separate four scenic reserves around the border depicting views of the canal boats and locks to be seen along this new manmade wonder.
In the center an inscription, executed in the manner of a classical stone tablet, pays tribute not only to the engineering wonder, but the energy of the driving force in its accomplishment, Governor DeWitt Clinton.