http://collections.mfa.org/collections/381378/objects/rdfAOE.British Ceramicshttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1155045/resize%3Aformat%3Dfullhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1214115/resize%3Aformat%3DfullBlue-dash dish depicting Adam and Eveabout 1680Tin-glazed earthenwareAdam and Eve in blues, greens, and yellows on either side of the Tree of Knowledge with entwined serpent above. Very small foot rim, straight slanting sides. Blue dash border around the rim.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/65364/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1298212/resize%3Aformat%3DfullBowlabout 1890William de MorganTin-glazed earthenware with blue enamel and luster decorationDeep bowl with small foot and wide flange. Blue enamel decoration underneath the lustre decoration. Rosette and sunburst pattern in center of bowl surrounded by repeated eagle and stylized palmette and scroll decoration. Underside of rim decorated with repeated curved stripes in reserve, underside of bowl has scroll pattern in reserve, on a gold luster background.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/58357/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/721652/resize%3Aformat%3DfullBread plateabout 1849Augustus Welby Northmore PuginColored stonewareRound, flat disj made of beige stoneware, decorated in the gothic style. Encaustic with slip decoration of a circular design incorporating wheat sheaves, formalized leaf scrolls, and geometric motifs in red-brown clay inlay and blue. The motto "Waste Not Want Not" around the rim.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/58720/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/736555/resize%3Aformat%3DfullButter dishabout 1680Tin-glazed earthenwareElliptical, straight sides flaring very slightly at rim; outlined landscape with figure in white at each side on dark cobalt blue ground ("bleu persan"). Bottom slightly concave so edges are worn.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/58450/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/799825/resize%3Aformat%3DfullChargeraround 1710-1730StaffordshireSlipwareCurving sides, flat bottom, unglazed back. Center washed with yellow slip; face modeled and in 2 tones of brown within punched circles enclosing dark brown band. Colors repeated in raying triangles with punched wavy line between, rayed triangular in colohttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/62123/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/799815/resize%3Aformat%3DfullCopy of the Portland Vaseabout 1790Wedgwood ManufactoryJasperware (colored stoneware)Black and white Jasper, slight chips on base. "copy No. 7.. the so-called Apsley Pellatt-Rickman copy" Black metal mirrored stand.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/58817/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/763775/resize%3Aformat%3DfullCovered Tureenabout 1775Philip Christian Factory, LiverpoolSoft-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decorationOval tureen with bulbous sides and a high, domed cover. Four cartouche-shaped reserves around tureen decor with exotic birds and flowers, ajouré scroll handles. Cover with four similarly painted cartouches and a double-leaf scroll handle. Reserves bordered by embossed gilded work.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/61566/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/832137/resize%3Aformat%3DfullCovered vaseabout 1764–68James GilesSoft-paste porcelain with overglaze enamels and gildingTwo-handled vase with lid. The heavy scroll handles are angular and bifurcated where they join the body below the neck. Small domed cover with flower and leaf finial. Deep blue ground color and elaborate gilding, with tooling, framing reserve panels on both sides. Inverted pear form.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/56855/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1030858/resize%3Aformat%3DfullDish1670–75StaffordshireLead-glazed, slip-decorated earthenwareEarthenware. Lead-glazed slip-decorated earthenware. Slipware, yellow ground with light and dark brown slip on red body. Deep bowl, full-length (?) figure of King, crown flanked by "C R" (Charles II). Designs (angel's wings) at sides, slightly curving rim with latticehttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/62342/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1114772/resize%3Aformat%3DfullDishabout 1690Tin-glazed earthenware with cobalt, copper and antimony decoration'Blue dash' rim, the well painted with tulips in blue, green and yellow. Yellow underside. Cracked.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/267597/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/964933/resize%3Aformat%3DfullDouble-spouted vesselabout 1879–82Christopher DresserGlazed earthenware with incised decorationGlazed earthenware. Vessel with squat globular body with rows of raised dots. One short and one long cylindrical spout extend form top of vessel and are joined by a horizontal tubular handle.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/65030/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/799749/resize%3Aformat%3DfullGirl in a Swingabout 1752Charles Gouyn's FactorySoft-paste porcelainFigural group in white; girl swinging with arms outstretched on a swing suspended between tree stumps with leafy branches.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/54389/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/736623/resize%3Aformat%3DfullGoat and bee cream jugabout 1745–49Chelsea ManufactorySoft-paste porcelainGoat and Bee jug with long horns, green base, butterfly and scattered flowers.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/54403/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/832184/resize%3Aformat%3DfullGroup of Two Birdsaround 1749-1752Chelsea ManufactorySoft-paste porcelain, colored enamelsA blue creeper and golden headed black titmouse, after an engraving by George Edwards.Perched in branches with raised flower decoration colored in brown, red and aubergine.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/56027/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1203932/resize%3Aformat%3DfullJardinièreabout 1883Minton & Co.Glazed earthenwarehttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/546889/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1490004/resize%3Aformat%3DfullMonteithabout 1700Tin-glazed earthenwareMonteith bowl with underglaze blue Chinoiserie decorationhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/630375/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/832758/resize%3Aformat%3DfullThe Music Lessonabout 1765Chelsea ManufactorySoft-paste porcelain with colored enamels and gildingShepherd boy teaching shepherdess to play flute. Figures seated on mound backed by flowering hawthorn. Boy in green hat, richly patterned coat and breeches, orange shoes; dog at his side. Girl in green bodice, flowered skirt and petticoat, green shoes; lamb in lap. Left hand thru handle of basket of flowers holds ribbon around neck of one of two lambs at her feet. Gilt rococo-scrolled base decorated with applied flowers and foliage. Modelling attributed to Joseph Willems with alterations after an engraving by R. Gaillard of a painting by Francois Boucher entitled "L'Agreable Lecon."http://collections.mfa.org/objects/59834/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1270865/resize%3Aformat%3DfullPickle standabout 1755Bow ManufactorySoft-paste porcelain with colored enamel decorationTriangular base with shells and sea weed in which three shell forms are set, delicate painted borders and oriental birds in each.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/57004/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1583910/resize%3Aformat%3DfullPlateabout 1755Chelsea ManufactorySoft-paste porcelainA Chelsea 'Hans Sloane' botanical plate painted with Acanthus rarioribus brevioribus, after a design by Ehret published by Philip Miller in "Figures of Plants" (1755-56), pl. VII, with scattered insects, red anchor markhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/607072/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1570802/resize%3Aformat%3DfullPosset pot with lidabout 1670-1690Tin-glazed earthenware with chinoiserie decoration in blue underglazePosset pot with lid. Cylindrical body decorated in underglaze cobalt blue on a pale blue tin glaze with three Chinese figures seated in a rocky landscape. S-scroll handles and curved tubular spout. Domed cover with mushroom-shaped knop, painted with a single figure, with a border of dots around the rim.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/630373/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1192999/resize%3Aformat%3DfullPot Pourri vase depicting Apollo and the Nine Musesabout 1785–95Wedgwood ManufactoryStoneware (Jasperware)Blue jasper pot-pourri or bough vase with white sprigged decoration in white of figural groups of music and drama. Perforated lid.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/62024/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/662404/resize%3Aformat%3DfullSmall covered tureen and standabout 1820Derby Manufactory, working about 1750-1848Ceramic; GoldSmall covered tureen on stand decorated in wide bands and medallions of yellow, gilt rims and black and gold inner borders, with masks, bulls heads, and devices in black with gold. Tureen is elliptical on splayed foot, sharply angledhandles at ends, low domed cover with ladle hole and gilded modeled bail hand le with leaves. On elliptical tray raised and pointed at ends.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/459516/rdfSphinxabout 1750Bow ManufactorySoft-paste porcelain, colored enamelsOne of a pair of sphinxes with head of actress Peg Woffington, on white scrolled pedestals. White head dress with red ribbon, necklace of beads, yellow ruff. Brownish pink body with tassled green saddle. Hollow inside and not glazed.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/54398/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1155045/resize%3Aformat%3DfullTable clockabout 1761Chelsea ManufactorySoft-paste porcelain, enameled and gildedIncorporates a watch signed "Fladgate" (hands broken), in the center of a sunflower, surrounded by a bouquet of various flowers in natural colors, on scrolled and gilded base.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/54387/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/736638/resize%3Aformat%3DfullTeapotabout 1755Longton Hall ManufactorySoft-paste porcelain, colored enamelsTeapot with decoration by the "Castle Painter". Other side shows house with two wings, fenced garden to water with boat and ducks. Mountains in background.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/54422/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/720896/resize%3Aformat%3DfullTeapotabout 1760Ceramic"Cauliflower design". Elongated globular, scroll handle, curved spout, inset cover with knob finial (broken & mended). Molded & glazed in cauliflower design. No mark.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/58440/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/736650/resize%3Aformat%3DfullTeapotabout 1872Worcester Royal Porcelain Company, Ltd.Lead-glazed soft-paste porcelain, known as Parian wareLead-glazed "Parian" ware. Square body, faceted at spout, which ends in a dragon head; lizard body forms the handle as feet curl over the top of the body and spout. Lid and feet of squared triangle form. The sides decorated with molded cranes and blossoms, the shoulder with applied geometric motifs.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/64289/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1578392/resize%3Aformat%3DfullTeapotabout 1950J Sadler & Sons, LtdCream-glazed earthenwarePart of a tea and coffee set made for for the Cunard Steam Ship Company.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/657922/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/736544/resize%3Aformat%3DfullTeapot in the form of a camelabout 1745StaffordshireSalt-glazed stoneware, slip-castSlip-cast in the form of a recumbent camel with a rectangular howdah on its back. Serpent handle, figural knop. The sides of the howdah based on engraved plates from Stalker and Parker, "A Treatise on Japanning" (London 1688).http://collections.mfa.org/objects/58432/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/801263/resize%3Aformat%3DfullTureen and stand in the form of an eelabout 1755Chelsea ManufactorySoft-paste porcelain with colored enamel decorationTureen, lid, stand.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/58824/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1016804/resize%3Aformat%3DfullTureen with lid in the form of a chickenabout 1755Chelsea ManufactorySoft-paste porcelain, colored enamels"Barnevelde" breed, sitting on seven small chicks. Another on her back as finial of the tureen cover. Set with 1972.1082 (undertray).http://collections.mfa.org/objects/58853/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1224553/resize%3Aformat%3DfullTwo-Handled Vase (Pelike)about 1770Josiah Wedgwood & Thomas BentleyStoneware (“basalt”) with enamel and slip ("encaustic") decorationhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/555215/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/762148/resize%3Aformat%3DfullVaseabout 1875Doulton ManufactorySalt-glazed stonewareBulbous body rises to a tall, cylindrical neck. Surface impressed with diamond-shaped pattern with dark blue highlights. Outer rim varied in color; deep green, brown etc.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/59154/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/1447555/resize%3Aformat%3DfullVasebetween 1886 and 1902Doulton ManufactoryGlazed earthenwarehttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/622257/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/832753/resize%3Aformat%3DfullWoman playing a lyre1754–58Bow ManufactorySoft-paste porcelain, colored enamels and gildingFigure of a woman holding a lyre and seated on footed rococo base, edged with gilt, polychrome flowers applied at front and one on side of skirt. She wears a yellow bodice with pink-edged white collar, pointed white cuffs. Modeled peplum, gold sprigs on white skirt, one in red outline, pointed shoes. Gold earrings and necklace with pendant, flowers in brown hair.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/56889/rdfhttp://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/834978/resize%3Aformat%3DfullZodiac Bullabout 1943-1945Arnold MachinEarthenware (creamware), slipcast, glazed, with hand-colored transfer-printed decorationCream-colored earthenware (Queen's ware) decorated with twelve ithographed signs of the Zodiac in brown, gray, yellow, and pink, and finished in brown enamel.http://collections.mfa.org/objects/65426/rdf