Pattern

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Source

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Source Description:

Source print's origins are unknown. It was published, or possibly re-published in 1753 as part of a portfolio of twenty pictures by various artists. The caption under the engraving reads The Figure of Heaven is all Delightful--A View of the Temple serv'd by Eunuchs, & of the delicious Round Island it stands upon. A colored...

 

Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares

Pattern Type: Chinese, Asian and Other Exotic Themes

Date: c. 1820-1830

Dimensions:

  • Length: 19.00 in (48.26 cm)
  • Width: 16.50 in (41.91 cm)

Maker: John & William Ridgway

Maker's Mark:

Printed
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Description:

A large earthenware platter with a molded gadroon border printed in blue in the India Temple pattern.  This pattern is copied from a source print shown below.   The central pattern is framed in the Catherine's Wheel border and the principal border is of a floral and geometric shape motif. 


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