Plate
- Title:
- Winter View of Pittsfield, Mass.
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.178
- Creator:
- Clews, James
Ceramicist ; Clews, RalphCeramicist - Place of Origin:
- Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- 1827-1830
- Description:
- Plate. Blue transfer printed earthenware. Pearlware. Circular plate with upward curving rim and scalloped edge. Underglaze, transfer-printed design in deep blue. Central scene on inner surface is outlined by linked ovals and shows the center of the village of Pittsfield, Massachusetts with two figures, a large tree and fenced common in the foreground, two meeting houses (one built in 1827) and other structures in background. On rim, smaller and simplified versions of the scene, within cartouches, alternate with floral designs. Exterior surface undecorated. Blue underglaze printed mark on bottom: eagle and shield surrounded by "WINTER VIEW OF PITTSFIELD MASS / CLEWS". Impressed mark on reverse: "CLEWS / WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE", double circle with crown in center; rectangle above the circle.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Pearl ware - 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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