Plate
- Title:
- Palestine
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.209
- Creator:
- Stevenson, Ralph
Ceramicist - Place of Origin:
- Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- 1815-1834
- Description:
- Plate. Pearlware; earthenware. Circular with upward curving rim and scalloped outline. Underglaze, transfer-printed design in deep blue. Central scene extending onto rim is an Oriental river view with pagoda and mountains in background, several nearer structures (large temple, smaller bldg.) in front and to right, and four male figures in foreground. Bridge, with water flowing underneath and over border of plate, at bottom center. Willow trees and other foliage on rim. Narrow decorative bands at edge with quatrefoil and dashes as elements. Reverse surface undecorated. Blue printed mark on bottom: "[Pal]estine / R.Stevenson". Impressed mark: "STEVENSO[N]". Figure "12" printed on bottom in blue.
- Material:
- Ceramic
- Dimensions:
- H-1.25 Dia-10.5 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
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