Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1980.047.20.1
- Creator:
- Adams, William
Ceramicist - Place of Origin:
- Tunstall, Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- 1834
- Description:
- Plate, pearlware or white earthenware with red transfer print design. Circular plate with shallow cavetto, slightly concave marly with scalloped edge, and circular plain foot; base.
Central scene in cavetto consists of three men in traditional continental dress in row boat in storm; fourth man overboard. In background are ship and castle. Border along marly consists of alternating motifs of fruit, flowers, and symbols of the sea.
Marks on reverse are stamped printed in red "ADAMS" and "THE / SEA" within shell cartouche surrounded by seaweed. - Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Pearlware - Dimensions:
- H-0.5 Dia-7.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a large collection of 18th- & 19th-century ceramics, given by their collector, Alma (Mrs. Harold G.) Duckworth (1899-2003).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Alma Duckworth
- Subjects:
- Men, Boat, Ship accidents, castle, Storms
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