Platter

1790-1815

Maker

Enoch Wood (1759-1840)

Measurements

1-1/4 in x 17 in x 13-1/2 in

Materials

Glazed white earthenware (pearlware)

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Layton S. Allen

Accession Number

1983.3

Inscription

"WOOD" is impressed once into the underside of the bottom.

Condition Notes

The edges along the inside of the rim and the outside of the bottom are abraded.  The platter exhibits overall wear and minor discoloration.

Comments

This large slip-cast oval platter has a fishscale-molded rim with a scalloped edge composed of leafy scrolls.  The edge is colored wit cobalt blue, although the quick decorating does not follow the molded design.  The clear glaze protective coating has a blue tint, which was intended to make the white earthenware body appear more like a porcelain body.  Such earthenwares were marketed as pearlware.