Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.192
- Creator:
- Rogers, John (1760-1816)
Potter - Place of Origin:
- Longport, England
- Date:
- 1810-1836
- Description:
- Plate. Pearlware earthenware. Circular with upward curving rim, which is shaped into eight slightly rounded sections. Underglaze, transfer-printed design in medium blue. Central scene on inner surface shows classical architectural ruins with waterfall, statue, and two human figures in foreground. Border with scrolled foliage, shell-like motifs, and sections of hexagonal ground pattern. Decorative bands at inner and outer edges of border. reverse undecorated. Impressed mark on bottom: "ROGERS". Handwritten figures on bottom"2.50" and "2 1/2". Underglaze blue "2" on bottom.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Pearl ware - Dimensions:
- H-1 Dia-9.75 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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