Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.207
- Creator:
- Riley, John
Ceramicist - Place of Origin:
- Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- 1818-1828
- Description:
- Plate. Blue transfer printed earthenware. Circular with upward curving rim, which is shaped into eight slightly rounded sections. Underglaze, transfer-printed design in deep blue. Entire background beaded. Large floral design on center of inner surface, with two shells on box (or pedestal) near bottom of design. Whole encircled by a rope-like band. Border with white flowers and dark leaves; decorative band at edge. Reverse surface undecorated. Blue underglaze printed mark on bottom: "RILEY'S / Semi China". Impressed mark: "RILEY.". Paper label with figure "207" pasted on obverse surface of rim. Bottom of plate shows three white flowers with dark blue leaves.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Pearl ware - Dimensions:
- H-1 Dia-10 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Martha Durgin (b.1833) of Concord, NH. She probably began her collection in the late 1880s-early 1890s.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Martha E. Durgin
- Subjects:
- Flowers
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