Vegetable 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 purple underglaze enamel decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (width x depth): 12 1/2 x 9 5/8in. (31.8 x 24.4cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of the heirs of Morgan B. Brainard
Object number1961.12.8
DescriptionRectangular buff-colored earthenware dish with a blue-tinted glaze, a type of ceramic known as pearlware. The inside bottom of the dish is decorated with a transfer-printed design in purple 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 is walking along the street to the left of a tree. The New Haven scene is surrounded by a border of transfer-printed flowers, then a second border at the rim consisting of a field of light purple with small flowers, scrolls, and white dots. The dish has handles that were formed as part of the body of the dish. It had a lid at one time, although the lid is now missing. There is crazing over all the surfaces of the ceramic, as well as an accumulation of dirt at the outer edges of the rim below the pattern.
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
