Bowl

Object Name:

Bowl

Object ID:

1965.017.05

Creator:

Alcock, John (2)Ceramicist

Place of Origin:

Cobridge, England

Date:

1853 - 1861

Description:

Serving bowl or Soup Plate. Ironstone earthenware. Twelve-sided rim; base ring present. Entire upper surface of bowl decorated in underglaze flow blue Chinoiserie transfer print. Scene depicts a man holding a flag in front of steps to a pagoda temple. In the foreground is a flower grouping, to the right is a fence. Rim decoration is floral and scroll motif. Reverse of rim decorated with three floral sprigs. Two maker's marks on bottom: impressed mark in upper case Roman letters "ORIENTAL / STONE", and blue transfer mark in upper case sans-serif "SCINDE" within an oval made up of tubes that resemble firecrackers.

Material:

Ceramic
Earthenware - Ironstone

Dimensions:

H-1.9 Dia-10.5 inches

Provenance:

Gift of antiques collector and dealer, Mrs. Ruth L. Wood. She noted that this bowl was from the Concord, NH, area. The pattern depicted, "Scinde," was made by John & George Alcock of Cobridge, Staffordshire, England, as well as their successors John & Samuel Alcock, Jr., and is described as "once an autonomous province of the lower Indus valley in what is now Pakistan. After a campaign in 1843 under Sir Charles Napier, the (Scinde) was annexed by Britain and Napier made Karachi the capital and reorganized the province. The first Indian postage stamp was issued in Scinde in 1852."

Credit Line:

Gift of Ruth L. Wood

People:

Wood, Ruth L., Alcock, John