Blue, transfer-print pearlware dish (A) with lid (B). Diamond chain edge and border of four scenic cartouches: cougar, skunk, mink threatening rabbit, fox, separated by urn-shaped flowers; central scene of polar bears and men shooting; lid has leafy scroll border and rose finial.
dishes (vessels)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
pearlware
figure- and animal-derived motifs
pumas (cougar species)
floral patterns
foxes (animals)
hunting
men (male humans)
mink
sea bears
rabbits
skunks and stink badgers
Dish, Serving
Earthenware
Transfer Printed
Tin Glazed
Quadrupeds
Cougar
Skunk
Mink
Rabbit
Fox
Polar Bear
Men
Flower
Hunting
Dish, Serving
"I HALL/ QUADRUPEDS" (Printed on bottom)
Quadrupeds
Hall & Sons, John (Maker)
Burslem, England, Staffordshire
10 x 10 (WxD) (inches)
Gift of S. Prescott Fay
1969.610.137AB
County of Staffordshire (England, United Kingdom) [county]
County of Staffordshire (England, United Kingdom) [county]
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