Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1956.359
- Place of Origin:
- Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- circa 1800
- Description:
- Child's Plate. Creamware or Pearlware earthenware. Circular rim with scalloped edge. Soft sided base ring present. Black underglaze transfer print in center which depicts a girl and a woman observing a potted flower with a butterfly with the following text around the image. "FLOWERS THAT NEVER FADE. / CONTEMPLATION. / Lord. What is life? -- Tis like a flow'r, / That blossoms, & is gone! We see it / flourish for an hour, with all its beauty on.". Rim is decorated with a broad black band which is handpainted underglaze. Impressed mark on reverse is a single letter or number which is illegible.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Dimensions:
- H-0.625 Dia-5.125 inches
- Provenance:
- Child's plate, given by Margaret Jewell. Miss Jewell was a collector of children's decorative arts; but no specific history given with this piece.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- People:
- Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)
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