This historically significant nineteenth century slip-script red earthenware political plate recently sold in Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates June 16th sale in Mount Crawford, Virginia. The script reads, "Hancock / for ever," whereas the plate sold for $1,599 including the buyer's premium.
According to the auction house, "The inscription on this plate refers to 1880 presidential candidate Winfield Scott Hancock (1824-1886). Hancock was an esteemed United States general originally from Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania. After serving in some of the Civil War's most famous battles including Antietam and Gettysburg, Hancock rose to senior major general by 1872. After successfully winning the Democratic nomination for president in 1880, he would eventually lose to popular Republican candidate James A. Garfield. Hancock's last public service before his death in 1886 was his oversight of the funeral of Ulysses S. Grant in 1885."
I could certainly be wrong, but my feeling when I saw this plate was that it may have been made at the Simon Singer Pottery in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Furthermore, Singer was an immigrant from Baden, Germany, who worked in New York City as a brickmaker before buying a pottery in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Among the significant output that is sought after today from the Singer Pottery are objects that are inscribed with his name, location and trade prominently on the front. As a result, this plate would be an equally rare object.
A Rare 19th Century Slip-Script Red Earthenware Political Plate
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