Object Record

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1 of 1977

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Object name

Platter

Artist or maker

Hall, Ralph

Place of origin

England

Materials and techniques

stoneware

Physical description

Platter, underglaze deep blue transfer. Large flower and fruit border. Church of St. Charles and Polytechnic School Vienna, Germany. Ralph Hall's Select Views Series.

OBVERSE: Center field image of a large building with a central dome topped with a spire. The entrance is in ancient greek style with 6 columns and a triangular facade, flanked on either side by a large spiraling spire. In view also are trees and other shorter buildings with sloped roofs and similar greek-style columns.
In the foreground is a river with a small sailboat to the right, and a bridge to the left. To the left of the scene in the foreground is a patch of land with a man standing in a dark coat and seated beside him is a woman wearing a large hat.
The frame is themed with large (2-3") fruit and flowers (apple, grapes, peaches, pears) and various flowers, each unique, never repeated. This pattern is surrounded by a dark field 1" deep along a flat rim, with a .75" leaf pattern along the edge.

REVERSE: printed mark "R. HALL's/ SELECT VIEWS./ Church of St Charles/ & Polytechnic School,/ VIENNA/ GERMANY/ Stone China."
The mark is a solid dark banner with baubles on top and a white banner containing a dark flower at the bottom.
The number 18 is imprinted at center left.
Attached to the platter at center is a piece of paper (3.5"x2.5") handwritten in script reading "(Mrs.?) J.E. Randolph/ Platter sister of (Mrs.?) E.Y. Green AND Mark Thomas Gill/ Randolph's family one/ time residents of/ Chester New York." This paper is from the same source as the paper noted in 1949.01.029.

Past exhibit

Clinton Room

Catalogue number

1949.01.030

Collection name

Furniture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Gift of Harry C. Green, D.D.S., 1949

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