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Tea Bowl

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1820-1830

GUSN

GUSN-45928

Description

Blue transfer-printed pearlware footed tea bowl. Floral border surrounds the interior rim. Scenes of Lafayette at the grave of Franklin adorns the exterior body.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tea bowls
earthenware
transfer printing
Bowl, Drinking
Bowl, Tea
Bowl, Tea

Associated Person

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834

Maker

Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)

Location of Origin

Burslem, England, Staffordshire

Dimensions

2 1/2 (H), 3 3/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of John B. Morris, Jr.

Accession Number

1957.167

Related Items

Title Pitcher Accession Number 1943.259

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