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Earthenware transfer-printed blue tureen with two handles and four feet. The transfer print on the body illustrates two scenes depicting the activities of Doctor Syntax.
tureens
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
Tureen
Earthenware
Tin Glazed
Transfer Printed
Literature
Horse
Cottage
Horseback Figures
Pastoral
Tureen
Loaned to Tufts University Museum Studies Program for "Humor & Humanity: Through the Eyes of Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)" at the Boston Public Library, May 12-23, 2005.
"Doctor Syntax/ bound to a tree and/ drawing from nature." (printed)
Syntax, Dr.
Clews, James & Ralph (Maker)
Cobridge, England, Staffordshire
3 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 4 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Margaret R. Kimberly
1918.928
Title Tray for gravy tureen Accession Number 1927.151
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