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Piece from a dinner set. White clay body w/ pearl blue glaze. Underglaze of brown transfer printed decoration in pattern called "Carolina/ R. Hall" (printed on body in brown). Features border of rococo-type cartouches w/ berry motif and striped diapers. Creamer: Rococo molded form w/ elaborate shaped mouth, C-scroll handle, hexagonal bulbous body and foot. Scenic motif of mansion and rowboat.
pitchers (vessels)
earthenware
transfer printing
mansions
pulling boats
Earthenware
Transfer Printed
Carolina
Mansion
Rowboat
Pitcher
See description.
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Hall, Ralph (Maker)
Tunstall, England, Staffordshire
4 x 6.875 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.176.1
Snyder, Jeffrey B.. Romantic Staffordshire Ceramics. [No Publisher].
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