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| Name | Castle Garden | | Medium | Earrings | | Item # | 25285 | | Price | $28.95 |
| | | About this item | The floral design on these earrings is from the decorative border of a Staffordshire transfer-printed platter depicting the landing of General Lafayette at Castle Garden in 1824. Lafayette's visit to America gave the young republic, whose states then numbered twenty-four, its first chance to show what it could do in entertaining an honored guest. He arrived in August and stayed thirteen months during which he was feted everywhere on a nation-wide tour.
A natural product of this patriotic fervor was a liberal supply of souvenir items. Among them were the blue and white transfer-printed dishes from Staffordshire, England. One of the most popular prints of the visit was used to produce a dinner service for the American trade. The print, bearing the title Landing of Gen. Lafayette at Castle Garden, New York, 16th August 1824 appeared on each dish of the service surrounded by a border of small and large flower clusters. In the center of the platter, Lafayettes ship Cadmus, escorted by the three-masted ships Robert Fulton and Chancellor Livingston, is shown approaching Castle Garden, then connected with the mainland by a footbridge. The American flag with twenty-four stars is unfurled in the breeze and in the foreground smoke from a welcoming salute of six cannon is plainly visible.
Brass with printed colors on both sides |
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