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Plate, Soup

Object Name:
Plate, Soup
Object ID:
1914.014.283
Place of Origin:
England or Holland
Date:
1740-1770
Description:
Soup Plate. Hand painted tin-glazed earthenware (Delft). Bluish-white body, with blue decoration; decoration includes floral groups along the rim, and a central floral design that includes a 2.5" long vase or flower box from which numerous large flowers, sprigs and buds are emerging. Below the vase is painted solid blue. No decoration on the reverse. Base ring present.
Material:
Ceramic
Earthenware - Tin-glazed
Dimensions:
H-1.25 Dia-9.1 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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