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Saucer

Title:
City Hall, New York
Object Name:
Saucer
Object ID:
1914.014.052 b
Creator:
Stubbs, Joseph; Wall, William G.; Hill, John
Place of Origin:
Longport, Burslem, England
Date:
1826-1829
Description:
Saucer. Blue, transfer-printed earthenware. Pearlware. "City Hall, New York" pattern. Rounded, handleless body with short, straight foot. View of City Hall, New York with tree on left side, lawn in front, and woman and man walking in foreground, in center, front. Bead band around center. Band of full-blown roses and leaves framed by double scalloped band on top around interior rim. Outer surface undecorated. Matching cup. 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-1.2 Dia-5.5 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:
Leaves, Roses
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