Plate, Soup
- Object Name:
- Plate, Soup
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.282
- Place of Origin:
- England or Holland
- Date:
- 1740-1770
- Description:
- Soup Plate. Tin-glazed earthenware (Delft). Plain circular rim; base ring present. Bluish-white body, with blue handpainted decoration, and yellow band around the rim. Border decoration is an abstract arrangement of wide and narrow brush strokes with five circular motifs (perhaps fruit) inserted all around. Three concentric thin blue lines separate center from rim. Central design is a burst of flowers.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Tin-glazed - Dimensions:
- H-1.2 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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