Plate

Job & John Jackson

ca. 1831–ca. 1835 · Earthenware, transfer-printed · The American Wing

This pink and white transfer-printed earthenware plate features a view of the Hancock family mansion, a famous colonial structure on Beacon Street in Boston, Massachusetts. The two-storey granite-facaded structure was erected by Boston merchant Thomas Hancock (1703–1764) in 1737, the year his nephew and later occupant of the mansion, John Hancock (1737–1793), was born. During the American Revolutionary War the mansion was used as military headquarters during the Charlestown engagement of 1775 and for sheltering wounded soldiers during the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Artist

Job & John Jackson

Date

ca. 1831–ca. 1835

Medium

Earthenware, transfer-printed

Culture

British (American market)

Department

The American Wing

Credit line

Bequest of Mary Mandeville Johnston, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. S. Johnston, 1914