Plate
- Title:
- LITTLE BOYS AT MARBLES PLAY / ON THE SUMMER HOLIDAY
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1965.013.019
- Creator:
- Elsmore, Thomas
Ceramicist - Place of Origin:
- Tunstall, England
- Date:
- 1872-1887
- Description:
- Child's Plate. Pearlware or ironstone earthenware with molded transfer print and handpainted decorations. Circular plate with plain rim. Base ring present. Rim has raised lettering of the alphabet A through Z in upper case Roman letters. Underglaze black transfer print depicts a scene with five children, some standing, some sitting, all surrounding a circle on the ground in which are marbles. Background shows trees and a fence. Below the image is text in upper case sans serif lettering: " LITTLE BOYS AT MARBLES PLAY/ON THE SUMMER HOLIDAY." Handpainted over glaze decorations include green on the tree and ground, two red jackets, two brown jackets, yellow flowers and hat. Paint is crudely applied. Impressed on reverse in upper case Roman letters: "ELSMORE & SON / ENGLAND within a rectangular mark with rounded ends.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Dimensions:
- H-0.7 Dia-5.9 inches
- Provenance:
- From the Rogers Collection -- a gift (and later bequest) of Josephine Rogers given in memory of her husband, Harry K. Rogers -- consists of a large collection of New Hampshire glass, parian ware, and other decorative arts.
Plate has a maker's mark of Elsmore & Son, Staffordshire Potters, 1872-1887. - Credit Line:
- Mr. and Mrs. Harry K. Rogers Collection, Gift of Josephine P. Rogers
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