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.
tea bowls
earthenware
transfer printing
Bowl, Drinking
Bowl, Tea
Bowl, Tea
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)
Burslem, England, Staffordshire
2 1/2 (H), 3 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of John B. Morris, Jr.
1957.167
Title Pitcher Accession Number 1943.259
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