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johnsallay - Historical Staffordshire

  • Historical Staffordshire

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"Upper Ferry Bridge Over The River Schuylkill" Pitcher and Bowl Set.

Staffordshire, England, c. 1820.

After the engraving by Thomas Birch, Philadelphia, c.1813. Larsen 252 (234).

(Pitcher) 25cm h × 22cm w, Diameter (Bowl) 32cm.

Joseph Stubbs, Longport, Staffordshire.

One small frit on lip of pitcher.

Provenance:

  • Skinner, Inc.

"Lewis Wernwag was asked to design a bridge across the Schulkill just below Fairmount to replace a floating one that had been carried away by a freshet in 1810.  The Upper Ferry Bridgee, as it was called, was a single wooden arch whose chord (length) was 340 feet, 98 feet greater the longest up to then built in North America." (Philadelphia: A 300 Year History, p. 232) The bridge was destroyed by fire in 1838. The print on which this design was made was first issued in 1813, soon after the bridge was opened.