Fruit bowl
Staffordshire, England
1830-1860
Measurements
4 in x 12-1/4 in x 9 in
Materials
Enameled and glazed white earthenware (pearlware)
Credit Line
Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of Bayard Sharp and Hugh R. Sharp Jr.
Accession Number
1977.551.4
Condition Notes
The bowl has two large and two small chips on the underside of the rim. The center bottom of the bowl is stained, and the glaze exhibits craquelure.
Provenance
Probably ex coll. H. Rodney Sharp
Comments
This fruit bowl of rectangular form shaped with large scalloped sides stands on a foot that continues the scalloped theme. The thick-walled molded sides are pierced in the corners with a pattern of circles and tear-drop-like shapes. Green-leafed and blue floral cornflower motifs decorate the inside and outside, including the four corners of the foot. Cast foliate-shaped handles have been added to each end. The clear glaze exhibits a blue tint where it has pooled in corners.
A similarly decorated platter (accession no. 1977.551.3) may have served as a liner for this bowl. Two other platters from the same mold but unpainted are nos. 1977.551.1 and 1977.551.2.
