Plate, Sauceboat

Object Name:

Plate, Sauceboat

Object ID:

1942.006.13.B.3

Creator:

Ridgway, JohnCeramicist

Place of Origin:

Hanley, Staffordshire, England

Date:

1830-1841

Description:

Plate, Sauceboat. Pearlware. Circular dish with slightly scalloped rim and two slightly projecting ends. Obverse decoration is a combination of underglaze brown transfer print and under and overglaze handpainted floral designs. Central and rim designs include a cluster of pink flowers surrounded with scrolls and leaves in brown, green, blue, orange, and gold. Band around plate rim is primarily orange with small groupings of flowers and scrolls. The two extended ends are decorated in shape of a nutmeg with leaves done in transfer print brown and handpainted blue and gold. Maker's marks on reverse include underglaze transfer print image of a lion, crowned shield, and a unicorn. Within shield is text: "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE". Beneath animals and shield is a ribbon with text: "DIEU SOIT MON DROIT / J. R." Pattern name underneath in upper case letters: "GROSVENOR." Handpainted in red overglaze is number "6050". Handpainted in red overglaze is a half circle with two dots. Handpainted in blue underglaze are three dots.

Material:

Ceramic
Earthenware

Dimensions:

H-1 W-7.7 D-7.1 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