Blue transfer-printed fruit basket. Pierced diamond lattice body. Vine, foliate, and floral border surround rim. Central landscape scene featuring men with a pack mule. Dual loop handles.
berry baskets
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
Basket, Food
Basket, Fruit
Basket, Fruit
Handwritten paper label on bottom: ""Samuel & Margaret/ Bridge. Boston. Mass/ --1803--"" Impressed on bottom: ""ROGERS O?""
John Rogers & Son (Maker)
Longport, England, Staffordshire
3 x 6 3/4 (HxD) (inches)
Bequest of Frederick W. Bridge
1950.262B
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