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Saucer

Object Name:
Saucer
Object ID:
1914.014.042 b
Creator:
Stubbs & Kent
Place of Origin:
Longport, Burslem, England
Date:
1828-1830
Description:
Saucer. Blue, transfer-printed earthenware. Pearlware. Sea Shell pattern. Circular bowl with sides curving gradually outward from small base. Two sea shells with seaweed springs in circular beaded band in center on front. Band of repeating flowers, leaves, and scrolls with overall stippled background around rim on front. Impressed mark on bottom: "STUBBS & KENT / LONGPORT" in band around eight-pointed starburst in circle. Matching cup.
Material:
Ceramic
Earthenware - Transfer-printed
Dimensions:
H-1.3 Dia-5.7 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:
Shells
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