Lidded Tureen and Stand

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Object Details

maker

J. & W. Ridgway

Description

This tureen from about 1814 to 1830 is part of a decorated dinner service; it measures thirteen inches tall, sixteen and a half inches wide, and ten inches deep. A medium dark blue transfer depicts a view of the Boston almshouse, or home for the poor, which stood on the banks of the Charles River from 1800 to 1825. The lid of the tureen has a rose and leaf medallion border.

Credit Line

Ellouise Baker Larsen Collection of American Historical Staffordshire China

date made

1814-1830

ID Number

CE.62.909Babc

catalog number

62.909Babc

accession number

171126

Object Name

tureen

Physical Description

blue (overall color)

monochrome, blue (overall surface decoration color name)

ceramic (overall material)

transfer printed (overall production method/technique)

place made

United Kingdom: England, Hanley

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Home and Community Life: Ceramics and Glass

American Enterprise

Domestic Furnishings

Larsen Ceramics

Exhibition

American Enterprise

Exhibition Location

National Museum of American History

Data Source