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Saucer

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1834-1835

GUSN

GUSN-37633

Description

Small earthenware plate with red transfer-print pattern "Gothic Beauties." Pattern depicts landscape with woman and girl in Victorian dress in the foreground, trees and shrubbery, and a castle in the background. Flower and scroll border.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dessert plates
saucers (plates)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
Gothic Revival
Dish, Eating
Saucer
Tree
Woman
Girl
Saucer

Inscription

"Gothic/ Beauties [under dome]/ T.I. & Co" (printed)
[circular impression] (impressed)

Pattern

Gothic Beauties

Maker

Thomas Ingleby & Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Tunstall, England

Dimensions

3/4 (H), 6 3/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Theodore Chapin Beebe

Accession Number

1935.92

Places

Tunstall (County of Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom)

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