Deep dish or soup plate
Tunstall, Staffordshire, England
1810-1830
Maker
William Adams & Sons (c. 1769-1966)
Measurements
1-3/8 in x 10-1/8 in (dia)
Materials
Transfer-printed white earthenware
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, The David Wilson Mansion, Inc.
Accession Number
1971.737
Inscription
“STAFFORDSHIRE ADAMS WARRANTED” around a crown is stamped into the bottom.
Condition Notes
The dish was broken into several pieces and glued together. It is stained and discolored and has one rim chip.
Provenance
Ex coll. Mrs. E. Tatnall (Mary Corbit) Warner
Comments
The transfer-printed design in a rich blue illustrates a woman milking a cow and another carrying a baby in the foreground. A thatch-roofed cottage is behind the two women. The rim has leaves printed in shades of deep blue.
