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Basin

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1853-1861

GUSN

GUSN-50618

Description

It ia a faceted, canted edge bowl with a transfer print in dark brown with scenes of Romantic gardens and ruins within a Gothic style reserve.

Details

Descriptive Terms

basins (vessels)
earthenware
stoneware (pottery)
transfer printing
gardens
ruins
scenes (depictions)
Earthenware
Transfer Printed
Scenic
Garden
Ruin
Gothic Revival
Vincennes
Stoneware
BASIN

Inscription

Transfer printed on the underside is the pattern name: Vincennes. Also: JOHN ALCOCK/COBRIDGE. Impressed is: 18.

Pattern

Vincennes

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Alcock, John (Maker)

Location of Origin

Cobridge, England, Staffordshire

Dimensions

4.5 (H), 14 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.49

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