Plate, Soup
- Object Name:
- Plate, Soup
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.280
- Place of Origin:
- England or Holland
- Date:
- 1740-1770
- Description:
- Soup Plate. Tin-glazed earthenware (Delft). Handpainted in blue on a bluish-white background in a chinoisserie style. Yellow band around rim. Border includes four floral arabesques. At the flair where the rim joins the depressed center are two thin parallel lines. Central section decorated with tree on left; large flower on right and fence of Chinese fretwork (possibly a flower box) in foreground. Mark on bottom includes a letter "P" and another symbol made up of seven lines all starting from a single point, both in blue underglaze.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Tin-glazed - Dimensions:
- H-1.3 Dia-9.1 inches
- Provenance:
- From the ceramics collection by Martha Durgin (b.1833) of Concord, NH. She probably began her collection in the late 1880s-early 1890s. Said to have been purchased by Ms. Durgin in England.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Martha E. Durgin
- People:
- Durgin, Martha E. (1833-1916)
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