https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/8456/fullDessert Plate from the Milton Service, “Our Night Camp on Eagle River – Expecting the Crees”ca.1867MintonOverall: 2.5 x 23.2 cm (1 x 9 1/8 in.)Bone china with overglaze enamels, gildingPurchased with a gift from N. Robert CummingOrigin: Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, EnglandG04.20.11Pierced dessert plate painted from "The North-west passage by Land" print of "Our night camp on Eagle River-Expecting the Crees".
This plate is part of a service commissioned by William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam, Viscount Milton, following his epic journey across Canada in 1862-63 with Dr. Walter Cheadle.Minton19th and early 20th Century Ceramics[]European CeramicsEnglish Porcelain181562301EnglishVictoria (1837-1901)Embossed with Lord Milton’s coat of arms; Transfer printed Minton on a ribbon over a crown and Phillips on a shield, the name of the view painted in puc enamel