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A twelve-sided basin with a transfer print decoration of a Chinoseire pattern of buildings, fences, and a large vase with a border of leaves, vines and a building, "The Temple". The design is on the inside in a circular band at the bottom of the basin and around the rim. Around the outside the basin are three small vignettes.
basins (vessels)
ironstone (pottery)
transfer printing
Chinoiserie
Ironstone
Transfer Printed
Chinoiserie
BASIN
Stamped on it is: PEARLSTONE/WARE/P.W. & Co.
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Podmore, Walker & Co. (Maker)
Tunstall, England; England, Staffordshire
2.75 (H), 14 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.32.2
Title Pitcher Accession Number 1986.32.1
Title Waste Bowl Accession Number 1986.32.3
Title Waste Bowl Accession Number 1986.32.4
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