Serving Dish

Item Information

Title:
Serving Dish
Description:
Eight-sided earthenware serving dish with molded foliate scroll handles and brown transfer-print "Abbey Ruins" pattern. Cows grazing among Gothic ruins. Fruit, flowers and ewer trophy grouping on border; polygram border around outside of body.
Creator:
Mayer, Thomas
Date:
1835–1845
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
earthenware
glazing (coating process)
transfer printing
vegetable dishes
serving dishes
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Gothic (Medieval)
Gothic Revival
landscapes (representations)
Fruit
Flower
Ewer
Ruins
Cow
Village
Mountain
Extent:
2 1/4 in. x 10 in. x 12 1/2 in. (H x W x D)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/40484
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Place of origin:
Longport (Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom)
Notes:
Gift of Miss Mary Eustis
Accession #:
1940.230
Identifier:
40484