Platter

Title:

Viaduct

Object Name:

Platter

Object ID:

1914.014.190

Creator:

Wood, Enoch and Sons

Place of Origin:

Staffordshire, England

Date:

1818-1846

Description:

Platter. White paste earthenware. Oval with scalloped rim and flat bottom. Transfer printed design covers entire platter, red border and black center. Border: red background of tiny flowers with dots in center. Four large scrolls with centers of flowers and foliage on white ground surrounding center view of Viaduct, mountains and church in distance. River flowing through viaduct, four women on bank in left foreground, one dark-skinned. Marks: on back, in black and printed, word "VIADUCT" between two gate houses, the whole surmounted by shield bearing the initials "EW & S" and topped by rampant lion.

Material:

Ceramic
Earthenware
Earthenware - Transfer-printed

Dimensions:

H-1.2 W-10.9 D-9.3 inches

Provenance:

Collected by Martha Durgin (b.1833) of Concord, NH. She probably began her collection in the late 1880s-early 1890s.

Scene appears to be either Italian or Spanish. "The Blue China Book" by Camehl says on p. 267 that Enoch Wood & Sons produced much scenery of England, Italy, Africa, India, etc.

Credit Line:

Gift of Martha E. Durgin

People:

Durgin, Martha E. (1833-1916)

Subjects:

Flowers, Scrolls, Mountains, Women, Rivers, Viaducts