Earthenware plate with blue-gray transfer-printed pattern "Venus" with select elements overglazed in red and green. Border of scrolls on horizontal striped ground. Central scene of canal framed by green arching trees with figures on left bank and large urn on right. Swans swim in the foreground, large building or temple and mountains in distance.
plates (dishes)
earthenware
ironstone (pottery)
overglazing
transfer printing
hand-painted
scrollwork
landscapes (representations)
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Luncheon
Scrolling Border
Canal
Tree
Classical Figure
Swan
Urn
Unidentified Building
Ruins
Mountain
Plate, Luncheon
"PEARL STONE WARE/ VENUS/ P.W. & Co" (printed)
Venus
Podmore, Walker & Co. (Maker)
Tunstall, England
1 1/4 (H), 9 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1924.749
Tamworth (Carroll county, New Hampshire)
Waltham (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Tunstall (County of Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom)
Title Small bowl Accession Number 1931.165
Title Dessert plate Accession Number 1958.159
Title Platter Accession Number 1958.513
Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].