Plate, Sauceboat

Object Name:

Plate, Sauceboat

Object ID:

1942.006.13.A.3

Creator:

Ridgway, JohnCeramicist

Place of Origin:

Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Date:

1830-1841

Description:

Plate, Sauceboat (for 1942.006.13.A.1-.2). Pearlware. Circular dish with slightly scalloped rim and two slighty projecting ends. Obverse decoration is a combo of underglaze brown transfer print and underglasze and overglaze hand-painted floral designs. Central and rim designs include a cluster of pink flowrs surrounded with scrolls and leaves in brown, green, blue, orange and gold. Band around plate rim is primarily orange with small transfer printed flowers and leaves as well as four small groupings of flowers and scrolls. The two extentded ends are decorated in shape of a nutmeg with leaves done in transfer print brown and handpainted blue and gold. Makers' marks on reverse include underglade transfer print image of a lion, crowned shield, and unicorn. Within shield is text:" HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE". Beneath animals and shield is a ribbon with text: "DIEU ET / MON DROIT/ J. R." Pattern name underneath in upper case letters: "GROSVENOR." Handpainted in red over glaze is number "6050". Handpainted in red overglaze is a half circle with two dots and number "11".

Material:

Ceramic
Earthenware

Dimensions:

H-1 W-7.8 D-7.15 inches

Provenance:

From the ceramics collection of Margaret H. Jewell.

Credit Line:

Gift of Margaret H. Jewell

People:

Ridgway, John (1785-1860), Jewell, Margaret H. (1866-1970)

Subjects:

Lions, Unicorns, Crowns