KERAMIC STUDIO 
Harvard College : 17-inch M 
In the collection of Mr: 
ter by Wood (E. W. & S.) 
>e, Worcester, Mass. 
THE COLLECTOR 
COLLEGE CHINA 
[See additional illustrations in " Old China."] 
Among historical Staffordshire pieces of unusual interest 
are plates, platters and dishes with views of American Col- 
leges. With the exception of one dark blue plate, the Tran- 
sylvania University, by Wood, it seems that all these views 
are rare, and some of the plates and platters bring very high 
prices. 
HARVARD COLLEGE. 
Views of Harvard, founded in 1636, have been used more 
than any other college views by Staffordshire potters. They 
are found both in dark blue and in various colors, and by dif- 
ferent makers, as follows: 
No. 1 — Harvard College, 10-inch dark blue dinner and 
soup plates, acorn border, by Stevenson. View of Hollis Hall, 
built in 1763, Harvard Hall (1766), Holworthy Hall (1812), 
and Stoughton Hall (1814). 
No. 2 — Harvard College, 8^-inch dark blue plate, acorn 
border, by Stevenson. View of University Hall, built in 
1815, figure on horseback in foreground. 
No. 3 — Harvard College, 6-inch dark blue plate, acorn 
border, by Stevenson. Another view of University Hall. 
No. 4 — Harvard College, a view in dark blue on cover of 
a soup tureen, by Ridgway, with usual rose medallion border. 
No. 5 — Harvard University, a view in dark blue with 
floral border, by unknown maker, is listed in Mr. Barber's An- 
glo American Pottery. 
No. 6 — Harvard College, a view of the four buildings on 
plates and platters in various colors, by Wood (E. W. & S.) 
Harvard College : 4><;-ineh Brown Cup Plate by Jackson. 
In the collection of Mrs. J. B. Neal, Easton, Pa. 
No. 7 — Harvard College, small plate in various colors with 
floral border, by Jackson, also tea cups with handle. View of 
University Hall, figure on horseback in foreground. 
No. 8— Harvard Hall, plate in various colors with floral 
border, by Jackson. 
No. 9— Harvard College, a red dish about 8 inches in diame- 
ter, by unknown maker, in the Pennsylvania Museum collec- 
tion. Border roses scattered at seven equidistant points. 
State House, New Haven: 17-inch Brown Platter, maker unknown. 
In the collection of Mrs. de E. Morse, Worcester, Mass. 
YALE COLLEGE. 
Yale College was founded in 1701 and definitely estab- 
lished at New Haven, Conn., in 17 16. It is strange that no 
view of this oldest American College after Harvard has so far 
been found in dark blue. The views found in various colors 
are of the State House, New Haven, and the college build- 
ings, and all very much alike. They appear on plates, plat- 
ters and all kinds of dishes, as follows: 
No. I — State House, New Haven, and Yale College, 
flower border, by Jackson. 
No. 2 — State House, New Haven, flower and medallion 
border by unknown maker. 
No. 3 — Yale College, New Haven, chickweed border by 
Charles Meigh. 
Columbia College : 7 1 - 2 *-inch Dark Blue Plate by Stevenson. 
In the collection of Mrs. Fred Yates, Rochester, X. Y. 
COLUMBIA COLLEGE. 
King's College, founded in New York in 1756, was 
changed to Columbia College after the Revolution, and in 
1814 the Legislature presented to the college a tract of 20 
acres lying between 5th and 6th avenues and 47th and 49th 
streets. In 1820 the belfry and two wings were added to the 
original building. These views of the college as it was after 
1820 are found in dark blue, all by Stevenson, with slight 
variations and different borders. 
