Bowl
- Object Name:
- Bowl
- Object ID:
- 1975.067.25
- Date:
- 1850-1870
- Description:
- Basin. Pearlware, earthenware. Deep round bowl with flaring rim and slightly scalloped edge. Deep foot ring present. Purple transfer print on obverse and reverse. Design in center depicts a castle or church along a river with three men in foreground. Two of the men are dressed in turbans and robes. The third man has a top hat. One man is carrying a pipe. Several bridges, buildings and mountains in background. Rim decoration includes three small vignettes each with a man and woman in the foreground, large building in background separated by a river with a small sail boat. Between the vignettes are scrolls and flowers. Rim decoration on obverse repeated on reverse. Two marks on reverse include an illegible impressed mark and a printed "A" in blue.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Pearl ware - Dimensions:
- H-4.25 Dia-12.45 inches
- Provenance:
- A collection of objects from the Wilton, N.H. home of the donor's mother, Bertha Gage (Stone) Batchelder (1889-1977). The objects in the gift came from the home of Josephine H. Gage (1850-1919), the sister of the donor's grandmother's Eliza Jane (Gage) Stone (1859-1938).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Maynard S. Batchelder
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