Small molded transferware plate, hand-painted. White-bodied plate has recessed bottom with light green transfer decoration of a woman spinning outdoors near a house, two gentlemen, two small sheep and cow. Surrounding scene is "Fly pleasure and it will follow you. The diligent spinner as a large shift./ Now I have a Sheep & Cow every body bids me good morrow." A flaring rim is slightly hexagonal with scalloped edge painted with red lustre. Raised leafage and swagged beading have underglaze bright paint colors with alternating red, yellow, blue and green.
Provenance
Descent to Sarah Muench from family (likely Aunt Alice Potter Fordney, an antiques dealer).
Glazed soft paste porcelain plate (one of a pair with 98.51.23), handpainted "Queens Rose" pattern decoration. Dished out center surounded by nearly horizontal rim. Large pink flower off to one side of center with smaller flowers with larger yellow centers and rust petals. Five smaller versions of center pink rose spaced around rim and linked by thin line banding, S-curves, and various round shapes.
Impressed "O" on bottom. In grease pencil is written "2173 and ($)"12.50." Paper sticker reads "$9526 each."
Provenance
Collected by Harpo and Susan Marx during visits back East from CA. Donated to Heritage Center.
Glazed soft paste porcelain plate (one of a pair with .98.51.22), handpainted "Queens Rose" pattern decoration. Dished out center surounded by nearly horizontal rim. Large pink flower off to one side of center with smaller flowers with larger yellow centers and rust petals. Five smaller versions of center pink rose spaced around rim and linked by thin line banding, S-curves, and various round shapes.
Impressed "10" on bottom.
Impressed "O" on bottom. In grease pencil is written "2173 and ($)"12.50." Paper sticker reads "$9526 each."
Provenance
Collected by Harpo and Susan Marx during visits back East from CA. Donated to Heritage Center.
Glazed soft paste porcelain plate, handpainted "Kings Rose" pattern decoration. Dished out center surounded by nearly horizontal rim. Large red flower off to one side of center with smaller flowers with larger yellow centers and rust petals. Five smaller roses of pink spaced around rim and linked by thin line banding, S-curves, and various round shapes.
Impressed "8" on bottom.
Provenance
Collected by Harpo and Susan Marx during visits back East from CA. Donated to Heritage Center.
Significant squiggled scratches in red rose. Brown paint adhered to rim edge. Several rough abraded areas around rim edge. Heavy area of scratches on bottom due to plate not resting on foot ring, but the center of the plate.
Object ID
G.98.51.15
Notes
k
Place of Origin
England
Credit
Given in memory of Harpo by Susan Marx, Heritage Center Collection
Glazed soft paste porcelain molded plate, handpainted flowers in thistle-like design. Dished out center surounded by nearly horizontal molded rim of raised basket-weave design except for four evenly spaced smoothe cartouches containin a painted thistle. Large red flower in center with blue leaves and stem and smaller blooms branching off. Additional space filled in with small green leaves and brown thorns. Brown banding at rim edge and at inside ede of rim. "2350" is painted on the plate bottom.
Provenance
Collected by Harpo and Susan Marx during visits back East from CA. Donated to Heritage Center.
Minor wear with very light scratches. Areas of paint loss around brown rim edge. Very minor areas of paint loss in central design. Some crazing. Glaze imperfections.
Object ID
G.98.51.13
Place of Origin
England
Credit
Given in memory of Harpo by Susan Marx, Heritage Center Collection
Small plate, used as a paten (communion plate). Circular, with single reed brim, marked on bottom with initials "I.CH." and Jacobs touch #169. Double incised lines near brim and single incised line within sunken bottom.
Redware plate with tooth-edge. Bottom and edges on top painted black. Top curved surface decorate with 2 sets of mirrored designs painted with yellow slip.
Redware plate decroated with yellow slip. Facing edges withy 4 parallel lines; central area with feathery lines running length of the plate. Toothed edge. Part of bottom is blackened.
