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Waste Bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1844

GUSN

GUSN-35534

Description

Earthenware waste bowl with mulberry-colored transfer-print pattern depicting large building on a waterway. A couple with a dog is in the foreground and a gondola-like boat floats on the water. A part of the scene is repeated in the interior base of the bow. A broad blue band outlined in black is painted on inside rim.

Details

Descriptive Terms

slop bowls
earthenware
transfer printing
glazing (coating)
landscapes (representations)
Container, Food Waste
Bowl, Waste
Bowl, Waste

Inscription

[registry mark] / [six-sided star] (July 20, 1844, parcel 5 @ Shelton, patent #19977-9)

Maker

Ridgway, John, 1830-1855 (Maker)

Location of Origin

Hanley, England, Staffordshire; Shelton, England, Staffordshire

Dimensions

3 1/4 (H), 5 3/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Alice L. Blaisdell

Accession Number

1933.180

Date

1844 (After)

Places

Hanley (Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom)

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