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Cup

Title:
City Hall, New York
Object Name:
Cup
Object ID:
1914.014.052 a
Creator:
Stubbs, Joseph; Wall, William G.; Hill, John
Place of Origin:
Longport, Burslem, England
Date:
1826-1829
Description:
Cup. Blue, transfer-printed earthenware. Pearlware. "City Hall, New York" pattern. Rounded, handleless bowl with short, straight foot. Band with two print views of City Hall, New York with tree on left side and lawn in front around exterior. Bead band around rim. Woman and man walking on path next to tree in center of interior. Band of full-blown roses and leaves framed by scalloped edge on bottom and double scalloped edge on top around interior rim. Matching saucer. Joseph Stubbs, potter at Burslem, Staffordshire, England (1790-1829). Source of view: drawing by W. G. Wall, engraved, printed and colored by I. J. Hill. Published by Behr & Kahl, 1826.
Material:
Ceramic
Earthenware - Transfer-printed
Dimensions:
H-2.2 Dia-3.7 inches
Provenance:
Ceramics collected by Martha E. Durgin (1833-1916) of Concord, NH. She began collecting in the late 1880s and donated the collection to the Society in 1914.
Credit Line:
Gift of Martha E. Durgin
Subjects:
Roses, Leaves
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