Description: Please look closely at the picture shown on this plate by Staffordshire’s Joseph Heath, made c. 1845-53, from his series called, “Ontario Lake Scenery.” Ceramic “experts” have long puzzled over this pattern name. Ms. Elizabeth Collard (1917 - 2001), late consultant on ceramics to the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the honorary curator of ceramics at the McCord Museum, McGill University, has written that Joseph Heath's pattern "Ontario Lake Scenery" earns its mention by its name alone because the romantic views are not related in any way to real scenes either of the province or the lake. …Victorian potters frequently gave names of actual places to idealized scenes, even to patterns that could not be called ‘views’ of any kind.” A very different point of view, entitled, “Elizabeth, How Could You?” can be found on a website, named, theCanadaSite.com. To reach this particular article quickly and easily, one should google the Heath plate and then enter this site from there. The castle, the waterfall and the teepees are all worth another, even more detailed, look. Could they really be reasonable pictures of features actually found in Ontario: such as the largest private house in the Province, one of a number of prominent falls and actual summer teepees? If you enjoy your ceramics which tell a story, this plate is for you. It also makes you realize that of the tens of thousands of Staffordshire pieces which were shipped to North America in the nineteenth century, how few of them dealt specifically with Canadian scenes. So although this piece is only in fair antique condition, it holds a fascinating history which you can make yours.
Price: 43 USD
Location: Weston, Massachusetts
End Time: 2024-03-12T19:07:58.000Z
Shipping Cost: 0 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Country/Region of Origin: United Kingdom
Color: Blue and White
Original/Reproduction: Original
Style: Antique
Material: Earthenware
Unit Quantity: One
Maker: Joseph Heath
Age: 1800-1849
