Platter
- Object Name:
- Platter
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.188
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- circa 1820
- Description:
- Platter. Pearlware earthenware. Oval body with plain rim and flat bottom. Blue transfer design covers entire obverse. In center is an oval with a sphinx within a square and dot border. Remainder of obverse decorated with squiggly lines. No maker's mark seen. Paper label on obverse with printed number "188".
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Pearl ware - Dimensions:
- H-1.6 W-15.4 D-11.8 inches
- Provenance:
- Collected by Martha Durgin (b.1833) of Concord, NH. She probably began her collection in the late 1880s-early 1890s.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Martha E. Durgin
- People:
- Durgin, Martha E. (1833-1916)
- Subjects:
- Sphinxes
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