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On Display: House - Franklin Parlor
Plate
SILKS AND SATINS SCARLET AND VELVETS PUT OUT THE KITCHEN FIRE/ FRANKLIN'S PROVERBS
1810-1840
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (lusterware)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1966.1244
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1966.1244
Object Name
Plate
Title
SILKS AND SATINS SCARLET AND VELVETS PUT OUT THE KITCHEN FIRE/ FRANKLIN'S PROVERBS
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1810-1840
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Around well scene
Inscription: Printed: "SILKS AND SATINS SCARLET AND VELVETS PUT OUT THE KITCHEN FIRE/ FRANKLIN'S PROVERBS"
Mark/Signature: No
Subject(s)
- Benjamin Franklin
- American themed ceramics
- Franklin's Maxims
- Poor Richard
- Franklin's Proverbs
Materials
- Earthenware (lusterware)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
0.62 (H) x 5.5 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
1.575 (H) x 13.97 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Electronic: Transferware Collectors Club. Transferware Collectors Club Database of Patterns & Sources. Transferware Collectors Club 03/13/2024 https://www.transferwarecollectorsclub.org/members/database
• Same print in underglaze blue on plate with similar border: Pattern identified as "Silks and Satins Scarlet and Velvets..." (Alternate Name: Franklin's Maxims; Franklin's Proverbs). Pattern no. 4889. Maker unknown. For a variation in mirror image see pattern no. 12135,Book: Shipkowitz, Davida & Shipkowitz, Irving. 2002 The ABC’s of ABC Ware.
• Children's transfer-printed "alphabet plates" with illustrations after "Poor Richard's Illustrated Lessons..." (Benjamin Franklin), with print sources: pp. 277-281, passim.