Plate

Object Name:

Plate

Object ID:

1981.023.01.25

Place of Origin:

Europe

Date:

1840-1860

Description:

Plate. Porcelain. Fourteen-sided plate with base ring. White body with gold, blue and pink decoration. Gold decoration consists of a small gold band in center of the obverse, surrounded by a larger gold band with eight spokes radiating from it to the rim forming wedges. Gold band on rim. Blue and pink hand painted decoration alternates at the top of each wedge along the rim. Gold feathering along the rim on the blue sections and scrolling on the pink sections. Hand painted gold decoration within each wedge. Designs include floral motifs, scrolls, circles and stippling in the blue sections. Number "166" painted in gold on the bottom. Abraded area in center of reverse.

Material:

Ceramic
Porcelain

Dimensions:

H-1 Dia-3.4 inches

Provenance:

Part of a tea set that belonged to the Aiken family of Franklin, NH, probably Herrick Aiken (1797-1866), great-grandfather of donor's wife, Dorothy Aiken Johnson (1900-1978). The Aiken family was known for their home knitting machines and numerous other inventions.
The donor, Rogers Bruce Johnson (1895-1987), was married to Dorothy Aiken. Dorothy's father was Charles W. Aiken (1869-) who was an MIT graduate and a soap machine inventor, of Brooklyn, NY; Charles was the son of Jonas Bradley Aiken (c.1835-), inventor, of Franklin, NH; Jonas was the son of Herrick Aiken (1797-1866), inventor, of Dracut, MA, and Franklin, NH. Rogers Johnson spent many years compiling an Aiken genealogy, and collecting and caring for Aiken materials.

Credit Line:

Gift of Rogers B. Johnson

People:

Aiken, Herrick (1797-1866), Johnson, Dorothy Aiken (1900-1978), Johnson, Rogers B. (1895-1987)

Subjects:

Ceramics, Plates, Porcelain