"Willow" Pattern Plate
Title
"Willow" Pattern Plate
Description
The “Willow” pattern of this teaware piece imitates the designs used on Chinese porcelain that became popular imports in the nineteenth century. A number of American firms utilized the pattern or a variation of it in their designs.
Source
Recovered from excavation prior to construction of Rutgers-Camden dormitory at 330 Cooper Street, Camden, N.J.
Publisher
Rutgers University–Camden
Date
c. 1795 - 1830; photograph, June 2018
Contributor
Lucy Davis (Graduate Student, American Material Culture, Spring 2018); photograph by Jacob Lechner.
Rights
Collection of Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts
Relation
Affleck, Richard, George Cress, Ingrid Weubber, Rebecca White, Kimberly Morrell, and Thomas Kutys. Phase II and Data-Recovery Archaeological Excavations of the Smith-Maskell Site Cooper Street Development Camden, New Jersey. Archaeological Excavation Report, Burlington: URS Corporation.
Format
Pearlware plate
Collection
Citation
“"Willow" Pattern Plate,” Learning From Cooper Street, accessed February 10, 2025, https://omeka.camden.rutgers.edu/items/show/23.