Platter
- Object Name:
- Platter
- Object ID:
- 1966.018.28
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- 1810-1830
- Description:
- Platter. Pearlware earthenware. Elongated, octagonal platter with rounded sides, indented corners, and upward curving rim with ogee profile. Underglaze, transfer-printed design in medium blue of type known by generic name of "Staffordshire blue." Central scene on inner surface within decorative , oval border, shows one male figure standing, two female figures seated and two cows in foreground overlooking waterfall, beyond which are ruins and a village in background. Border on rim composed of large flowers, shown in great detail with foliage. Decorative band on edge. Outer surface undecorated. Impressed figure "!8" on bottom.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Pearlware - Dimensions:
- H-1.2 W-18.9 D-14.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Given with a group of items from the Chandler and Rollins families of Bedford, NH. Note from donor reads, "Rodney Foster Rollins / Ella M. (Worden) / Rollins / last owner of / the corner cupboard (now at Winterthur) / and china in same / which has been / given to N.H. Historical / Society of Concord, / N.H." A photograph of the corner cupboard mentioned above has this platter displayed on the top shelf.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Laura Berry Offutt and Harriet Berry Denham
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