Figure 59 Plates and mug, United States, 2007. Whiteware and porcelain. D. of largest plate 10 1/2". Ceramics from Jamestown 2007 generally represent slight stylistic variations of earlier motifs: the church tower; portraits of Pocahontas and John Smith; the expedition ships; and the 1907 Vienna Art Plate. The design of the fort plate (upper left), taken from a tracing of a 1608 John Smith map of Virginia sent to Philip III of Spain by his ambassador Pedro de Zuñiga, embodies one of the few innovations. Note that the version of the rescue scene on the 2007 plate (center) is essentially the same as the one employed on the 1957 German tile (see fig. 52). The mug displays the tri-sail logo of the 2007 celebration. |