Tureen
- Object Name:
- Tureen
- Object ID:
- 2008.016.02.01
- Creator:
- Hamilton, Robert
- Place of Origin:
- Stoke, Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- 1818
- Description:
- Tureen with cover. Blue transfer-printed earthenware; Pearlware. Oblong, hexagonal body with applied molded hound head handles on two sides. Short flared foot. Oblong hexagonal cover with curved shoulder, flat top, and hound knob on top with semi-circular ladle hole cut in one side. "Boy Piping" scene surrounded by trees, sheep, dog, basket, shepherd's crook, mountains and cliff in the distance on two sides of exterior, center of interior, and top of cover. Flower and leaf border with two beaded bands and stippled background overall around exterior foot, interior rim, and top of cover. "4" handwritten on bottom.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Transfer-printed - Dimensions:
- H-8.5 W-14.1 D-8.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a set acquired by Abigail Gilman Perry (1789-1860) on her marriage to Dr. William Perry in 1818. Donated by Klaudia S. Shepard, wife of Henry Shepard, descendant of Dr. William and Abigail Gilman Perry of Exeter, NH. Part of the Perry-Dudley Family Archive and Shepard Collection.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Klaudia S. Shepard
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