Platter

Title:

Jeddo

Object Name:

Platter

Object ID:

1973.061.01

Creator:

Adams, WilliamCeramicist

Place of Origin:

Staffordshire, England

Date:

1860-1880

Description:

Platter. Ironstone earthenware. Eight sided platter, with flat bottom. Flow blue-black transfer print covers entire upper surface in a Chinoiserie pattern. Pictured in the foreground is an urn shaped vase on steps surrounded with large flowers. To the right and left are pagoda houses with fences, flowers and trees. In the background are two additional pagoda houses. The urn and flowers design is repeated on the rim. Encircling center panel is a dark blue band with pairs of x's and edged with trifid design. Two marks on bottom. One mark is impressed in a semi-circle, in upper case Roman letters, "W. ADAMS & SONS". The second mark is underglaze blue-black transfer print which shows a circular belt above which is an eagle or bird. Between inner and outer edge of belt in upper case Roman letters is "W.ADAMS & SONS". Pattern name is within the circle, in upper case sans-serif letters, "JEDDO". Below the belt in upper case Roman letters, "IRONSTONE". A third mark in blue, number "11". Part of a set along with a covered vegetable dish (1973.61.1-.2).

Material:

Ceramic
Earthenware - Ironstone

Dimensions:

H-1 W-10 D-7.35 inches

Provenance:

Part of a collection of objects owned by the donor's mother, Grace Porter Holt (1860-1949).

Credit Line:

Gift of Lura Frost

People:

Adams, William, Holt, Grace Porter (1860-1949), Frost, Lura (1886-1978)