Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.213
- Place of Origin:
- Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- 1800-1840
- Description:
- Plate. White earthenware. Strawberry pattern; wavy edge inside of which is red line. Design is of boldly-painted peasant-type earthenware. Border is trailing green leaves interspersed with red buds. Center shows 5 red-ripe strawberries covered with black dots, one in center of plate, four spaced equally around bottom. Also 3 red blossom-like designs - green strawberry leaves and dark green tendrils between fruits. Shallow base ring present. No maker's marks seen.
- Material:
- Ceramic
- Dimensions:
- H-1.2 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
- People:
- Durgin, Martha E. (1833-1916)
- Subjects:
- Strawberries
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