Basin

Title:

Columbia

Object Name:

Basin

Object ID:

1938.001.126 b

Creator:

Adams, WilliamCeramicist

Place of Origin:

Tunstall, England

Date:

1840-1864

Description:

Basin. Whiteware or pearlware. Light blue transfer print decoration on interior and exterior. Basin has twelve sides and flaring rim. Deep base ring present. Designs include a central scene in the bottom of the bowl and a wide band around the interior rim and exterior body. Central scene depicts a European country scene with two ladies and two gentlemen in the foreground, all facing each other and standing near a chapel and ruins. The chapel has several sculptural figures in it and has an onion-shaped dome. In the background is a castle and mountains. The women are wearing long dresses, shawls and hats. The men are wearing suits with long coats and top hats. The rim decoration includes four clusters of flowers with vines in between. That decoration is repeated on the exterior of the bowl. Maker's marks on the bottom in blue transfer print include a lidded vessel surrounded with flowers and a scroll in front of it with the text in upper case letters: "COLUMBIA / W.ADAMS&SONS". There is an underglaze blue mark "7". Also on the bottom are remnants of an adhesive tape label.

Material:

Ceramic
Earthenware

Dimensions:

H-4.5 Dia-14 inches

Provenance:

Given with large collection of a mixture of decorative arts, drawings, daguerreotypes, and household items. These may have been from donor's own collections, but it is probable that these items had belonged to donor's sister, Susan E. Jewell Sanger (1854-1936). After Susan's death, Margaret Jewell gave many of Susan's possessions to the N.H.H.S.

Credit Line:

Gift of Margaret H. Jewell

People:

Adams, William, Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)