Description: English pearlware miniature or toy plate transfer printed in a sheet pattern of flowers and dots. According to the Transferware Collectors' Club database, "[this plate is] part of a toy dinnerware set for children. This sheet pattern, with a TCC assigned name called "Daisy and Checkerboard", combines floral and geometric elements: a grid of evenly-spaced white dots rests atop a blue-stippled ground. A dark blue daisy is placed within each square of the grid, producing a tablecloth-type effect. None of the pieces are marked, and no documentation has been found for this pattern. However, two makers, John Rogers & Son and William Hackwood, were producing children’s toy dinnerware sets with similarly-colored sheet patterns at this time. Search the database for ‘Flowing Berries and Flowers’ and ‘Floral Sheet Pattern’ in the Children’s Subjects/Toy China category to see blue-printed floral patterns by these makers." A tureen in this pattern is also known, see HD 82.079.
Subjects: Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location) Link to share this object record: https://museums.fivecolleges.edu/detail.php?t=objects&type=ext&id_number=HD+82.078 |