Plate

Title:

Garden Scenery

Object Name:

Plate

Object ID:

1966.018.11

Creator:

Mayer, Thomas, John & JosephPotter

Place of Origin:

Longport, England

Date:

1843-1855

Description:

Plate. Pearlware or ironstone earthenware. Fourteen sides, with upward curving, slightly ribbed rim. Underglaze transfer-printed design in brown. At center on upper surface is a picturesque European river scene with three human figures and dog near a rustic garden house in foreground. Wide border on rim decorated with leaves and whorls against a stippled ground. Narrow band at outer edge composed of repeated quatrefoils, with wider decorative band at inner edge of border. Reverse surface undecorated. Printed mark on bottom: spotted leopard standing on a striped bar over the text, "GARDEN-SCENERY / T.J&J.Mayer / Longport". Impressed marks: letter "B" and circular starburst design. Additional underglaze black marks on reverse: 2 small diamonds connected together.

Material:

Ceramic
Earthenware - Ironstone
Earthenware - Pearl ware

Dimensions:

H-1.25 Dia-9.375 inches

Provenance:

One of a collection of ceramics described by donors has having occupied the corner cupboard from a family home in Bedford, NH. The cupboard was given to Winterthur prior to the ceramics being given to NHHS. The last owner of the cupboard was Rodney Foster Rollins (1857-1921) of Bedford, NH, donor's uncle.

Credit Line:

Gift of Laura Berry Offutt and Harriet Berry Denham

People:

Rollins, Rodney Foster (1857-1921)

Subjects:

Gardens