Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1980.047.20.2
- Creator:
- Adams, William
Ceramicist - Place of Origin:
- Tunstall, Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- 1834
- Description:
- Plate. Pearlware or white earthenware. Round with shallow cavetto, slight concave marly with scalloped edge, and circular, plain foot; base 4.875 in diameter. Red transfer print central scene in cavetto depicts two men and two women in traditional continental dress on deck of ship; one man and one woman are dancing; the other woman holds a tambourine, the other man plays a guitar. Ships and castle in background. Border decorating marly consists of alternating motifs of fruit, flowers, and symbols of the sea. Marks on reverse include "ADAM" and "22" stamped near center and transfer-printed in red, "THE / SEA" in thin uppercase letters within cartouche surrounded by seaweed.
. - Material:
- Ceramic
- Dimensions:
- H-0.9 Dia-8.5 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
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