Hi.  Neither "Sitka" nor "Tennyson," but at Moser (1880s-1920, 
Arkansas Ozark farmstead) we found a tableware set named "Kenilworth" 
by A. Alcock and Company, Cobridge, Staffordshire, mark 1891-1910, 
very much Japonisme, asymmetrical, brown transfer print of a lake 
scene in a frame with bold floral garlands.  My English Lit friends 
reminded me of Sir Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth (though after the 
report was published!).  I considered it a fine example of the 
revival of Gothic (revival) romantic themes in the late 1800s.  I 
wasn't as surprised as others to find it on an Ozark 
farmstead.  "Tennyson" fits but I'm not so sure about Gothic 
"Sitka"--or maybe the new movie 30 Days of Night about vampires in 
Barrow Alaska is in keeping.

  At 12:58 PM 10/19/2007, you wrote:
>Some kind soul helped me with the news that what I am looking for is 
>often called AESTHETIC (not eclectic, as I said in my earlier email 
>this morning).
>At any rate, has anyone seen a book or web site that pictures lots 
>of these patterns?  Asymmetrical, usually somewhat Japanese in 
>motif, and transfer printed... ("Sitka" and "Tennyson" are the ones 
>I know I have already.)
>
>Thanks to all, expecially to S who helped me already...
>S. Walter

Leslie C. "Skip" Stewart-Abernathy, Ph.D.
Arkansas Archeological Survey
Winthrop Rockefeller Institute
Petit Jean Mountain
1 Rockefeller Drive
Morrilton, AR 72110
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