Dish
MakerMade by
Job & John Jackson
(English, 1831 - 1835)
After a work byAfter a drawing by
J. A. Davis
Date1831-1835
MediumPress-molded buff-colored earthenware with a blue-tinted glaze and black overglaze enamel decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (width x depth): 9 x 8 1/4in. (22.9 x 21cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of the heirs of Morgan B. Brainard
Object number1961.12.3
DescriptionRectangular buff-colored earthenware dish with a blue-tinted glaze, a type of ceramic known as pearlware. The dish is decorated with a transfer-printed design in black enamel showing Yale College and the State House in New Haven, Connecticut. The scene in New Haven shows college buildings, spires, and a fenced-in green to the left, a tree-lined dirt road in the center, and a building with a portico supported by six columns on the right. In the foreground, a couple are walking along the street to the left of a tree. The New Haven scene is surrounded by an impressed border in the earthenware, consisting of an interlocking series of circles, where the rim meets the bottom of the dish. This is surrounded by a transfer-printed border at the rim of the dish, consisting of a field of black and grey with small flowers, scrolls, and white dots.
NotesSubject Note: The probable source for this view of the New Haven green appears to be a print by Fenner, Sears & Co, based on a drawing by J. A. Davis, published in London in 1831. The buildings on the left are the Yale campus, and at the right is the State House, erected in 1828. At the extreme right is the North Congregational Church, built in 1815.Status
Not on view
