Bowl
- Object Name:
- Bowl
- Object ID:
- 1981.039.01
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- 1770-1800
- Description:
- Bowl. Creamware earthenware. Deep bowl, with ribbed sides and scalloped edge. Round straight foot. Typed paper label on bowl, obverse: "MARY EASTMAN / Feb.16.1771 / Sept 10.1864. / married / Aug 27.1789 / Ezekiel Edgerly." Printed in ink on reverse: "This dish was our Great Grand- / mother Eastman's who lived in / Salsbury, Mass. It is now 1904, nearly one hundred and fifty / years old. / Laura F. Edgerly." Bowl is encased in a square oak box with glass top and bottom.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Creamware - Dimensions:
- H-3.5 Dia-10.6 inches
- Provenance:
- Provenance printed on bowl suggests that it was given as a gift to Mary Eastman (1771-1864) upon her marriage to Ezekiel Edgerly (1764-1836) in 1789, and that it previously belonged to Mary Eastman's mother, Ann Brown Eastman. Name on plate is that of Laura Freeman Edgerly (1830-1910), granddaughter of Mary & Ezekiel Edgerly.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Patricia Edgerly
- People:
- Eastman, Ann Brown, Edgerly, Ezekiel (1764-1836), Edgerly, Laura F. (1830-1910), Edgerly, Mary (1771-1864), Edgerly, Patricia (1898-1987)
- Subjects:
- Bowls (Tableware), Ceramics, Creamware, Earthenware
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