Plate
- Title:
- Harvard College
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.174
- Creator:
- Wood, Enoch
Ceramicist ; Davis, A. J. - Place of Origin:
- Burslem, England
- Date:
- 1830-1846
- Description:
- Plate. Pearlware; earthenware. Circular plate with upward curving rim and scalloped edge with molded ornamental border. Underglaze, transfer-printed design in light blue. Central scene on obverse shows a row of buildings at Harvard College with man on horse and two groups of male and female figures in foreground. Border composed of fruits, flowers and scrolled foliage. Reverse undecorated. Printed mark on bottom, in upper-case roman letters: "HARVARD / COLLEGE / E. W. & S. / CELTIC CHINA". Figure "12" printed or painted in blue on bottom. "L" incised on bottom.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Pearl ware - Dimensions:
- H-1.4 Dia-10.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Martha Durgin (b.1833) of Concord, NH. She probably began her collection in the late 1880s-early 1890s. Source of view: drawing by A. J. Davis, engraved and printed by Fenner, Sears & Co. Published London, 1830, by I. J. Hinton & Simpkin & Marshall.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Martha E. Durgin
- Subjects:
- Harvard College
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