Collections record Beta

Dishes

2016-52-29 a-e

Glazed earthenware dishes used as toys or play teaware. Off-white ceramic with brown transfer-printed decoration, all identical. Shaped like either a tall dish or a shallow bowl. In the center of the well is a landscape scene featuring two pagodas with a river or lake in front; two men seem to be rowing a boat on the water, in which stands a woman in a black dress and hat. A partition and walkway cross the water in front of the boat, with various trees and plants throughout. The rim features an alternating pattern of identical pagoda scenes (3) and flowers set in geometric motif (3). Matches 2016-52-30 to 33.

Belonged to Margaret Sargent Fisher, wife of Samuel H. Fisher, who grew up in New Haven in the 1870s-1880s. Later displayed in Babbitt home.

c.1880

Diameter 4.125", Height 1"

• ceramic