Platter
Manufacturer
Mason's Ironstone China
(English, founded c. 1800)
Region
Staffordshire
(English, founded c. 1700)
Date1829 - 1845
Mediumearthenware with pink transfer print
Dimensions14 1/2 x 18 3/8 inches (36.8 x 46.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Nelda C. Stark, 1981
Object number41.35.97
ClassificationsFood Services
DescriptionOval shaped; wide flat scalloped rim; crackled white ground; central scene of figures on the banks of the Nile River with pyramids in the background on surface; alternating pattern of pitcher with flowers and female figure on rim; on reverse rim in box: THE NILE IS COMPOSED OF TWO / RIVERS, ONE RISING IN ABYSSI- / NIA AND CALLED THE BLUE RI- / VER, THE OTHER IN AFRICA / AND CALLED THE WHITE RI- / VER, ON ITS BANKS STAND / THE PYRAMIDS, THEY HAVE / STOOD THE TEST OF 3000 / YEARS. EGYPT STANDS AS / THE MONUMENT OF EARLY / GREATNESS AND IS A STRONG IN- / STANCE OF THE RAPID PROGRESS / MADE IN CIVILIZATION BY THE / FIRST INHABITANTS OF THE / EARTH. in pink transfer print.ProvenanceProbably W.H. Stark [1851-1936] and Miriam Lutcher Stark [Mrs. W.H. Stark, 1859-1936]; by inheritance to their son H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; by inheritance to his wife Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; gifted March 5, 1981 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to The W.H. Stark House
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