Platter

Object/Artifact

Genesee Country Village & Museum

Name/Title

Platter

Entry/Object ID

69.64.1

Description

A humorous transferware platter featuring a scene in which a crowd of women, apparently responding to an advertisement for a wife, overwhelm an older man who fends them off with a chair, while his servant blocks the doorway from additional entrants. The design is based on Thomas Rowlandson's Dr. Syntax prints and publications. The rim is decorated with a floral garland. Within an oblong cartouche on the scene is the title "THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR A WIFE".

Collection

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Clews, Ralph (active ca. 1818 - 1834)

Date made

circa 1820

Time Period

19th Century

Place

County

Staffordshire

Country

England

Location

United Kingdom

Region

Western Europe

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Makers Mark

Location

Back

Transcription

Clews / Warranted / Stafford / Shire

Language

English

Material/Technique

Stamped

Dimensions

Width

11-3/4 in

Length

15-1/2 in

Material

Pearlware