Tea Bowl
MakerPossibly made by
Enoch Wood & Sons
(English, July 1818-1846)
After a work byProbably after a wood engraving by
John Warner Barber
(American, 1798 - 1885)
Dateabout 1840
MediumMechanically-molded buff-colored earthenware with a blue-tinted glaze and underglaze cobalt blue decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x diameter): 2 5/8 x 4 1/8in. (6.7 x 10.5cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Philip H. Hammerslough
Object number1964.116.2
DescriptionRound tea bowl made of buff-colored earthenware with a blue-tinted glaze, a type of ceramic known as pearlware. The tea bowl is printed twice with a pattern in dark, underglaze cobalt blue. The pattern shows three people in a sailboat with a single mast and sail on a body of water. Two more individuals are standing and one is sitting on the shore in the near foreground. Beyond the river, a building sits on a shore at the base of a mountain. A crenellated tower is at the top of the mountain. Each printed pattern is surrounded by a border of white shells and light blue plants on a field of dark blue. There is an additional border at the rim of the tea bowl, consisting of a line of evenly spaced, small, white flowers. The shell border is printed again on the inside rim of the tea bowl. A small, transfer-printed pattern on the inside bottom of the tea bowl shows the same tower and a portion of the wooded mountain as described above. There is a crack in the rim of the tea bowl that runs half way down the side. The crack is surrounded by a slight discoloration.
NotesSubject Note: The pattern on these ceramics, titled "WADSWORTH TOWER", shows a tower built in 1810 by Daniel Wadsworth. The tower was built on top of Talcott Mountain, on Wadsworth's country estate, "Monte Video," in the town of Avon, Connecticut. Wadsworth's home on the estate, pictured in other Staffordshire ceramics, was near Wadsworth Tower, but is not pictured in this pattern. The tower commanded a fine view of the Connecticut river valley and was a popular resort for sight seers. It was blown down in 1840.Status
Not on view
