American Poets Transferware Plate + a Winner!

By now, you all know that transferware and poetry are two of my favorite things, so what could be better than a transfer printed plate featuring seven amazing poets?

This plate depicts some of America's most noted poets.  It is a commission by Rowland and Marcellus, who were importers operating out of  New York as early as 1860 though were most prosperous between 1893 and 1938.  They specialized in souvenir wares.  Often referred to as R & M, the firm commissioned with numerous Staffordshire potteries the making of plates, platters, pitchers and other wares for the American market implementing the use of their own backstamp.  So, while pieces are marked with the country of origin (England or Made in England) they were simultaneously marked with either an R & M or Rowland and Marcellus stamp, and sometimes even the name of the specific retailer.   Many of the scenes depicted on R & M pieces are historical in nature, specifically American.  They acted both as retailer and wholesaler distributing to higher end shops throughout the country.  Collectors tend to favor blue and white pieces and plates with rolled edges.

I've included one of my favorite quotes from each author and a close up of their portraits on the plate.

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Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air. 


~Oliver Wendell Holmes~

 

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad. 

~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow~

Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Give fools their gold, and knaves their power; let fortune's bubbles rise and fall; who sows a field, or trains a flower, or plants a tree, is more than all.

~John Greenleaf Whittier~

Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances. 

~James Russell Lowell~

Poetry is that art which selects and arranges the symbols of thought in such a manner as to excite the imagination the most powerfully and delightfully. 

~William Cullent Bryant~

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

~Edgar Allen Poe~

And now, the winner of the Shabby Apple dress, chosen via Random.org is:
Comment #9 from

Pauline Milner said...

At the Shabby Apple store, I adore the MING dress.

I will send you an email, please contact me within one week to claim your lovely dress.

Congratulations!

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