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Canton Garden Bowl Posted by TCC Web Administrator on March 14, 2008, 11:56 am 75.36.131.83 The following (slightly edited on my part) was transmitted by email; two photos will be posted by our web master. We need help in identifying the maker. I have a CANTON GARDEN purple transferware Staffordshire footed (wash?) bowl ca. 1830? I purchased it at auction in Scotland and have been searching for more information. Skinners had a plate of same pattern (Lot 800) but my email to them for more info or even WHICH auction in which it was sold did not produce a meaningful answer. No chips or cracks. The transfer around the bowl was not laid out evenly which is a great example of the design medium. Attached are some pics of the footed bowl... diameter is 9 inches and 4 inches tall. The interior of the bowl has large flowers with a garden trellis off center to the right with a classical urn in front of it. So, I share photos with you for your database... and I hope that in return you might be able to answer these questions for me: 1) WHO made it? 2) Is ca. 1830 a valid date? Best regards, Ware Petznick museum curator  Post a Response

Re: Canton Garden Bowl Posted by TCC Web Administrator on March 14, 2008, 12:11 pm, in reply to "Canton Garden Bowl" 75.36.131.83 Ware: I believe the form of your bowl to be a small punch bowl, not a wash bowl, although others may call it something else. It probably dates from sometime in the 1830s to 1840s, conceivably a bit later. The floral pattern is actually the border of a pattern shown in Williams and Weber vol. 3; the pattern is some sort of typical generic garden scene with a floral arbor, large urn and butterfly. W/W show the same pattern mark as your piece. The example shown in W/W is a brown scalloped cup plate, so this pattern was obviously fairly widely produced in various forms and colors, perhaps by more than one maker. W/W state that the maker is "unknown". Maybe someone will will come up with an identification of the maker(s). By the way, we do not (yet) have this pattern in our data base.  Post a Response

Re: Canton Garden Bowl Posted by webmaster on March 15, 2008, 12:52 pm, in reply to "Re: Canton Garden Bowl" 72.244.71.27 Here are the images:  Post a Response

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