Large flow blue ironstone plate. White body with blue designs and excess glaze. Plant design around rim. Tree/pagoda scene on plate face. Rim not rounded - made of many slightly curved edges. On bottom, ribbon mark with the words 'Ironstone', 'Chapoo', a
[description appears incomplete. Website potteries.org identifies Chapoo as a pattern used by John Wedg Wood. The name comes from the battle of Cahpu, China, 1842.---mta]
Manufacturer of earthenware at Hadderidge Bank, Burslem and then at Woodland Street, Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent
John Wood either already had or, more probably adopted, a middle name 'Wedg' - this rather conveniently caused his marks to been mistaken for the more famous Josiah Wedgwood
One trade directory (1841 Pigot) lists his second name as 'Wedge' but all others correctly give 'Wedg'. John Wedg Wood died, age 43, in May 1857.
One of 44 Parisian Pink dinner plates. White with gold laurel leaf border; inside wider band of pink bordered with gold; monogram 'HEJ' and coat of arms (armored upraised arm with dagger) in gold; scalloped edge.
One of twelve hard-paste porcelain dinner plates. The rim features a gilt band bordered on the inside lip with a wide pink band bordered by a narrow gilt band closer to the saucer's center. Center of the saucer features a gilt star burst decor.
Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Mark applied over glaze, therefore some of the ojects no longer have the designer's signature
Depth (cm)
2.54
Depth (ft)
0.0833333333
Depth (in)
1
Diameter (cm)
24.13
Diameter (ft)
0.7916666667
Diameter (in)
9.5
Condition
Poor
Condition Date
2023-04-05
Condition Notes
Cracked and glued together.
Object ID
W.1963.002.013
Notes
In 1995 the JBF staff assigned the Object ID W.95.69.2 to this Compote as a FIC probably because original paper records were not found.
In March 2023 the paper file has been found that identifies Patty Lane Fayer Eldridge as the donor in September 1963. Mrs. James W. Eldridge was the daughter to Patty Lane Fay and the great niece to Harriet Lane Johnston. Patty Lane Fay was daughter to James Buchanan Lane, the first-born to Jane Buchanan Lane, President James Buchanan's sister.
One of twelve hard-paste porcelain dinner plates. The rim features a gilt band bordered on the inside lip with a wide pink band bordered by a narrow gilt band closer to the saucer's center. Center of the saucer features a gilt star burst decor.
Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Mark applied over glaze, therefore some of the ojects no longer have the designer's signature
Depth (cm)
2.54
Depth (ft)
0.0833333333
Depth (in)
1
Diameter (cm)
24.13
Diameter (ft)
0.7916666667
Diameter (in)
9.5
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-04-14
Object ID
W.1963.002.018
Notes
In 1995 the JBF staff assigned the Object ID W.95.69.2 to this Compote as a FIC probably because original paper records were not found.
In March 2023 the paper file has been found that identifies Patty Lane Fayer Eldridge as the donor in September 1963. Mrs. James W. Eldridge was the daughter to Patty Lane Fay and the great niece to Harriet Lane Johnston. Patty Lane Fay was daughter to James Buchanan Lane, the first-born to Jane Buchanan Lane, President James Buchanan's sister.
One of twelve hard-paste porcelain dinner plates. The rim features a gilt band bordered on the inside lip with a wide pink band bordered by a narrow gilt band closer to the saucer's center. Center of the saucer features a gilt star burst decor.
Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
In 1995 the JBF staff assigned the Object ID W.95.69.2 to this Compote as a FIC probably because original paper records were not found.
In March 2023 the paper file has been found that identifies Patty Lane Fayer Eldridge as the donor in September 1963. Mrs. James W. Eldridge was the daughter to Patty Lane Fay and the great niece to Harriet Lane Johnston. Patty Lane Fay was daughter to James Buchanan Lane, the first-born to Jane Buchanan Lane, President James Buchanan's sister.
One of twelve hard-paste porcelain dinner plates. The rim features a gilt band bordered on the inside lip with a wide pink band bordered by a narrow gilt band closer to the saucer's center. Center of the saucer features a gilt star burst decor.
Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
In 1995 the JBF staff assigned the Object ID W.95.69.2 to this Compote as a FIC probably because original paper records were not found.
In March 2023 the paper file has been found that identifies Patty Lane Fayer Eldridge as the donor in September 1963. Mrs. James W. Eldridge was the daughter to Patty Lane Fay and the great niece to Harriet Lane Johnston. Patty Lane Fay was daughter to James Buchanan Lane, the first-born to Jane Buchanan Lane, President James Buchanan's sister.
One of twelve hard-paste porcelain dinner plates. The rim features a gilt band bordered on the inside lip with a wide pink band bordered by a narrow gilt band closer to the saucer's center. Center of the saucer features a gilt star burst decor.
Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
In 1995 the JBF staff assigned the Object ID W.95.69.2 to this Compote as a FIC probably because original paper records were not found.
In March 2023 the paper file has been found that identifies Patty Lane Fayer Eldridge as the donor in September 1963. Mrs. James W. Eldridge was the daughter to Patty Lane Fay and the great niece to Harriet Lane Johnston. Patty Lane Fay was daughter to James Buchanan Lane, the first-born to Jane Buchanan Lane, President James Buchanan's sister.
One of twelve hard-paste porcelain dinner plates. The rim features a gilt band bordered on the inside lip with a wide pink band bordered by a narrow gilt band closer to the saucer's center. Center of the saucer features a gilt star burst decor.
Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
In 1995 the JBF staff assigned the Object ID W.95.69.2 to this Compote as a FIC probably because original paper records were not found.
In March 2023 the paper file has been found that identifies Patty Lane Fayer Eldridge as the donor in September 1963. Mrs. James W. Eldridge was the daughter to Patty Lane Fay and the great niece to Harriet Lane Johnston. Patty Lane Fay was daughter to James Buchanan Lane, the first-born to Jane Buchanan Lane, President James Buchanan's sister.
One of twelve hard-paste porcelain dinner plates. The rim features a gilt band bordered on the inside lip with a wide pink band bordered by a narrow gilt band closer to the saucer's center. Center of the saucer features a gilt star burst decor.
Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Mark applied over glaze, therefore some of the ojects no longer have the designer's signature
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-04-14
Object ID
W.1963.002.019
Notes
In 1995 the JBF staff assigned the Object ID W.95.69.2 to this Compote as a FIC probably because original paper records were not found.
In March 2023 the paper file has been found that identifies Patty Lane Fayer Eldridge as the donor in September 1963. Mrs. James W. Eldridge was the daughter to Patty Lane Fay and the great niece to Harriet Lane Johnston. Patty Lane Fay was daughter to James Buchanan Lane, the first-born to Jane Buchanan Lane, President James Buchanan's sister.
One of twelve hard-paste porcelain dinner plates. The rim features a gilt band bordered on the inside lip with a wide pink band bordered by a narrow gilt band closer to the saucer's center. Center of the saucer features a gilt star burst decor.
Nast or Darte Freres factory. Jean-Pierre Feuillet, designer.
Mark applied over glaze, therefore some of the ojects no longer have the designer's signature
Condition
Good
Condition Date
2023-04-14
Object ID
W.1963.002.020
Notes
In 1995 the JBF staff assigned the Object ID W.95.69.2 to this Compote as a FIC probably because original paper records were not found.
In March 2023 the paper file has been found that identifies Patty Lane Fayer Eldridge as the donor in September 1963. Mrs. James W. Eldridge was the daughter to Patty Lane Fay and the great niece to Harriet Lane Johnston. Patty Lane Fay was daughter to James Buchanan Lane, the first-born to Jane Buchanan Lane, President James Buchanan's sister.
