Lot Essay
Designed by the noted American architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, the Philadelphia Waterworks was inaugurated on 27 January, 1801.
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FIFTEEN STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE DINNER PLATES
19TH CENTURY
Transfer printed in blue with 'The Dam and Waterworks, Philadelphia', named on the reverse, within a rim of fruited and flowering branches (two cracked, two with stapled repairs)--10in. (25.5cm.) diam.; together with a pearlware plate printed in blue with the 'Park Theatre New York', named on the reverse--10¼in. (26cm.) diam. (16)
19TH CENTURY
Transfer printed in blue with 'The Dam and Waterworks, Philadelphia', named on the reverse, within a rim of fruited and flowering branches (two cracked, two with stapled repairs)--10in. (25.5cm.) diam.; together with a pearlware plate printed in blue with the 'Park Theatre New York', named on the reverse--10¼in. (26cm.) diam. (16)