Plate, Cup
- Object Name:
- Plate, Cup
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.145
- Date:
- 1830-1860
- Description:
- Cup Plate. Whiteware earthenware. Entire obverse coverd with brown transfer print. Center scene depicts a man standing in a path and a women riding a donkey on the path. The man holds a tall spear. The man is wearing a knee-length garment and a round hat. The woman is wearing a long shirt and a puffy sleeved bodice. Also on the donkey are two large baskets overflowing. Also on the path is a tree. Background includes mountains, a house, and a waterway. Rim is decorated with three vingettes of two hunters with bow and arrow separated with a floral scenes. Plate is round with scalloped rim; foot ring present. Impressed mark on reverse is upper case "Z".
- Material:
- Ceramic
- Dimensions:
- H-0.5 Dia-3.9 inches
- Provenance:
- Ceramics collected by Martha E. Durgin (1833-1916) of Concord, NH. She began collecting in the late 1880s and donated the collection to the Society in 1914.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Martha E. Durgin
- People:
- Durgin, Martha E. (1833-1916)
- Subjects:
- Donkeys
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