Bowl, Serving

Description

Large white footed bowl. The foot of the bowl has a thin black line along the base and line work on the base and stem. Around the interior rim there are two thin black lines with a light green stripe 13/32" wide. Underneath this border there is light green transfer-printed text in all caps which reads "SHAKERS MT. LEBANON N.Y.". The font of the text has a white outline to give the lettering a three-dimensional quality. In addition to this there are three naturalistic hand-painted floral decorations. Just to the right of the "Y" is one of the three floral designs. This design has three large pink flowers with yellow floral discs and one smaller pink flower. These flowers extend from a brown and green branch with leaves. To the left of the "S" there is another floral decoration with two orange flowers with five petals each around yellow floral discs and a third smaller flower with three petals. The third floral decoration has three blue flowers, two large ones with floral discs at their center. The exterior of the bowl, minus its base, is solid white.

Notes

On October 12, 1886 Benjamin Gates, Cornelia French, and Mary Hazard of the Church family traveled to New York City to order plates from Union Porcelain Works. On February 20, 1887 a note in Anna Dodgsons journal refers to new plates with "Shaker & c". These are the only dishes marked with a community name.