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Vegetable dish cover

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1840-1860

GUSN

GUSN-50904

Description

Stepped, octagonal domed form w/ flower form knop; transfer-printed around upper ogee-shaped dome w/ Chinoiserie motifs: crysanthemums, pagoda fretwork and figure w/ 2 buckets and a bone rim w/ fretwork, ribbons, and pagoda forms.

Details

Descriptive Terms

vegetable dishes
covers (closures)
glazing (coating)
stoneware (pottery)
transfer printing
tin (metal)
Chinoiserie
Stoneware
Transfer Printed
Tin Glazed
Chinoiserie
DISH, VEGETABLE

Inscription

Impressed on underside: ""F B""

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

5.5 x 9.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.507

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