Tureen

Object Name:

Tureen

Object ID:

1963.028.64 a-b

Creator:

Edwards, JamesCeramicist

Place of Origin:

Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Date:

1842-1851

Description:

Tureen with cover. Transfer printed earthenware; Flow Blue Ironstone earthenware. Octagonal body with deep octagonal center and narrow upward flaring rim which is grooved to hold cover. Octagonal foot curves outward from base of dish. Domed, octagonal cover with ogee profile. Finial in form of upright shell. Underglaze, transfer-printed blue decoration of type known as "flow blue". Edges of cover and foot and inner rim of dish all outlined by trelliswork bands bordered by spearheads, similar to Chinese border known as Nanking. Same design encircles outer surface halfway between rim and foot. Similar band within dish but with scrollwork reserves. Central medallion on inner surface with spearhead outline. Trelliswork band with spearhead outline and scrollwork reserve on cover halfway between edge and finial. The latter is surrounded by a circle of trelliswork, outlined with spearheads. Printed mark on bottom "Ironstone China / James Edwards" Impressed mark "Warranted".

Material:

Ceramic
Earthenware

Dimensions:

H-7.125 W-9.25 D-9.25 inches

Provenance:

Part of a dinner service, that according to oral tradition, was originally owned by Daniel Webster (1782-1852). The service was later owned by Harry M. Morse (1857-1924), a Littleton, NH attorney. It was next owned by John R. Morron (1867-1950), a collector of Webster memorabilia, who bequeathed it to his step-son, Lowell R. Burch (1887-1962) and his wife, Katherine W. Burch (1895-1962) of New York City, Niantic, CT, and Littleton, NH. It then passed to their daughter, Catherine B. Symmes (1918-1996). The set was donated to the New Hampshire Historical Society by Catherine B. Symmes, at the request of her mother, Katherine W. Burch.

Credit Line:

Gift of Catherine B. Symmes

People:

Webster, Daniel (1782-1852), Morse, Harry M. (1857-1924), Morron, John R. (1867-1950), Burch, Lowell R. (1887-1962), Burch, Katherine W. (1895-1962), Symmes, Catherine B. (1918-1996)

Subjects:

Dining