Platter

Title:

Vue du Temple de la Philosophe, Ermenonville

Object Name:

Platter

Object ID:

1967.030.01

Creator:

Wood, EnochCeramicist

Place of Origin:

Burslem, Staffordshire, England

Date:

1820-1830

Description:

Platter. Pearlware earthenware. Large oblong shape with inward curved rim and flat bottom. Dark blue transfer printed on entire obverse; scene depicts a view of temple and trees at left bottom, castle across water background. Four figures front foreground. Rim decoration include grapes, grape leaves and flowers. Outside of platter white (crackled) with mark on reverse of rim printed, blue underglaze framed. "VUE DU TEMPLE / DE LA PHILOSOPHIE / ERMENONVILLE" Impressed marks on bottom "WOOD" and "16".

Material:

Ceramic
Earthenware - Pearlware

Dimensions:

H-1.8 W-16.5 D-13 inches

Provenance:

From a collection of early 19th-century blue Staffordshire pottery and glass cup plates. The objects included in this gift were said to have descended to the donor, Margaret Adelaide (Pollard) Smith (1878-1972) through the Grimes-Stearns family of Keene, NH, and were stored at the family homestead in Keene. Margaret's mother was Helen Semira (Stearns) Pollard (1855-1939), antiques dealer of Keene. Her grandparents were David Bowker Stearns (1829-1912) and Adelaide Lydia Chamberlain (1833-1928) of Keene. Her great-grandparents were Jotham Stearns (1791-1832) and Mary Grimes (1795-1875) of Keene.

Credit Line:

Gift of Margaret A. Pollard Smith

People:

Smith, Margaret Pollard (1878-1972), Stearns, Jotham (1791-1832), Stearns, Mary (1795-1875), Wood, Enoch (1759-1840)

Subjects:

Castles, Flowers, Grapes, Trees, Temples