Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1965.013.020
- 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 hand painted 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 brown transfer print depicts a peacock on a bannister in front of a building with several groupings all around. Beneath the image in upper case sans serif lettering is: "PEACOCK". Hand painted over glaze decoration includes red and green on the peacock, yellow, green, blue and red flowers and shrubbery, brown bannister and red window. The 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-7.1 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
- Subjects:
- Peacocks
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