Dish
- Title:
- Shugborough Staffordshire
- Object Name:
- Dish
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.011
- Creator:
- Hall, John (1); Hall, Ralph
- Place of Origin:
- Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- 1818-1830
- Description:
- Dish. Pearlware earthenware. Deep oval dish; overhanging lip at rim with scalloped outline; flat bottom. Groove at inner edge of rim to hold cover, which is missing. Upper surface of ends molded in the shape of foliage to form handles. Underglaze, transfer-printed design in deep blue. Central scene on inner surface shows large structure with central portico and semi-circular, domed bays at either side. Two human figures by stream in foreground, one on horseback. Scene extends onto rim forming what has been called a foliage border. Decorative band of C-shaped elements at edge. Outer surface undecorated. Printed mark on bottom: "SHUGBOROUGH / STAFFORDSHIRE". Broken in two and repaired with staples. Part of a set.
- Material:
- Ceramic
- Dimensions:
- H-2.2 W-12.3 D-9.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Ceramics collected by Martha E. Durgin (1833-1916) of Concord, NH. She began collecting in the late 1880s and donated the collection to the Society in 1914.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Martha E. Durgin
- Subjects:
- Shugborough
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