Saucer
MakerAttributed to
Enoch Wood & Sons
English, July 1818-1846
Dateabout 1820-1840
MediumMechanically-molded buff-colored earthenware with a blue-tinted glaze and underglaze cobalt blue decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (diameter): 5 1/2in. (14cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionRound saucer of buff-colored earthenware with a blue-tinted glaze, a type of ceramic known as pearlware. The saucer is decorated with a transfer-printed pattern and border in underglaze cobalt blue. The pattern, printed in the center of the saucer, shows a tower and low wall in a state of ruin, to the left. The tower has grass growing from the top, and there are trees behind the wall. To the right of the tower, two figures are fishing along a stream or river that winds through the scene. To the right, two tall trees sit on land that sticks out into the river. A wall, village, and low hills are visible in the distance. The pattern is surrounded by a border printed at the rim. The border consists of various types of white flowers and dark blue leaves on a medium blue background, edged with a line of small white shapes on a dark blue field. There is light crazing over all the surfaces of the saucer.
Object number2004.87.0
MarkingsThere is an impressed number "2" on the bottom of the saucer, and an underglaze blue "x". There is also a rectangular, white, paper label with "Morgan/ B./ Brainard" hand-written in blue ink.Subject Terms
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