Figure 1: Plate (Photo courtesy of the NYC Archaeological Repository).
China in Seneca Village
Gillian Mulder
In this essay, I will talk about the social role this plate had, and what it meant both to the Wilson family and to guests who would have seen and used said plate when visiting. I will also talk about the pattern and material of the plate in relation to its value, and its relation to English ceramic history and consumer culture of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.