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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1814-1832

GUSN

GUSN-15809

Description

Blue, transfer-print pearlware platter. Diamond chain edge and border of four scenic cartouches: donkey, skunk, ox, porcupine, radiating from central rectangular scene of deer w/ antlers; baskets of flowers separate four cartouches.

Details

Descriptive Terms

platters
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
pearlware
figure- and animal-derived motifs
deers
donkeys
flower baskets
oxen
porcupines
animals
skunks and stink badgers
Dish, Serving
Platter
Earthenware
Transfer Printed
Tin Glazed
Quadrupeds
Donkey
Skunk
Ox
Porcupine
Deer
Fruit Basket
Platter

Inscription

"I HALL/ QUADRUPEDS" (Printed on bottom)
"12" (Impressed on bottom)

Pattern

Quadrupeds

Maker

Hall & Sons, John (Maker)

Location of Origin

Burslem, England, Staffordshire

Dimensions

10 1/2 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of S. Prescott Fay

Accession Number

1969.610.133

Places

County of Staffordshire (England, United Kingdom) [county]
County of Staffordshire (England, United Kingdom) [county]

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