Platter
- Title:
- Fonthill Abbey Wiltshire
- Object Name:
- Platter
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.005
- Creator:
- Hall, John (1)
Ceramicist ; Hall, Ralph - Place of Origin:
- Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- 1818-1830
- Description:
- Platter, part of a set. Pearlware earthenware. Elongated, octagonal platter with indented corners. Rim has S-curved profile. Underglaze, transfer-printed design in dark blue. Central scene on inner surface shows towered Gothic structure in background, sailboat on lake in center and two female figures with dog on shore in foreground. Scene extends onto rim forming what has been called a foliage border. Decorative band of C-shaped elements on edge. Outer surface undecorated. Printed mark on bottom: "FONTHILL ABBEY / WILTSHIRE". Impressed figure "16".
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Pearlware - Dimensions:
- H-1.5 W-17.1 D-13.4 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
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