Plate, Fruit

Object Name:

Plate, Fruit

Object ID:

1956.124

Place of Origin:

England

Date:

circa 1800

Description:

Plate. Porcelain. Circular with slightly scalloped rim and several piercings within the rim. Base ring present. Central design is hand-painted depicting a red and yellow fruit with three green leaves surrounded with numerous pink petals. Rim decoration in gold outlining leaves; six design areas repeated: leaf, two leaves, leaf, etc. Piercings are between the leaves. Paper label on reverse in both handwritten, two corners missing, and printed text reads: "PLATE BELONGing / to / GEN. STARK / THE - SHOP / 8 -1 -56 / Moore-Lewis / 1002 BE / 56.124". Fragment of another paper label illegible and fragment of another label at one edge. No maker's marks.

Material:

Ceramic
Porcelain

Dimensions:

H-1.2 Dia-7.6 inches

Provenance:

Among the prized possessions given by Gen. John Stark to his grand-daughter Susan (Stark) Gamble (1797-1860) before his death. She left them to her daughters, Eleanor Gamble (1830-1910) and Susan G. Abbott (1834-1910). They bequeathed the objects to Susan G. Abbott's daughter, Jennie L. Osborne (1858-1941), who gave them to author Howard P. Moore (1868-1954) in 1940. After Moore's death his daughter, Dorothy L. Lewis (1896-1978) donated them to the Society.

Credit Line:

Gift of Dorothy Moore Lewis

People:

Stark, John (1728-1822), Gamble, Susan (1797-1860), Gamble, Eleanor (1830-1910), Abbott, Susan G. (1834-1910), Osborne, Jennie A. (1858-1941), Moore, Howard P. (1868-1954), Lewis, Dorothy L. (1896-1978)