Platter: Almshouse, Boston

Object Number: 
1961.278
Date: 
1815-1834
Medium: 
Earthenware
Dimensions: 
Overall: 1 1/2 in. ( 3.8 cm )
Marks: 
printed: in blue on back: shield shape surrounded by sprays of leaves with "Alms House/ Boston" inscribed impressed: on back: "H" (?)
Description: 
Dark blue printed pearlware platter with central image depicting a four- story building with figures strolling/ standing in the foreground; the border is composed of leaves and vines (Alms House, Boston)
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dr. Arthur H. Merritt
Provenance: 
The Dr. Arthur H. Merritt Collection of Anglo-American Historical Staffordshire
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Creative: Tronvig Group