Tis a Very Good World, Tis the Very Worst World...Scarce Mid 19th Century Sunderland Pink Lustre, Transfer Decorated Plate Lincoln doll Amsterdam to Zimmerman

Amsterdam to Zimmerman

Because of their several decades spent teaching at the University of New Hampshire

without the aid of a loom--were used for gathering and storing seasonal foods like berries and roots

The beautiful variegated turquoise/aqua colored glaze makes it feel like a painting

Tis a Very Good World, Tis the Very Worst World...Scarce Mid 19th Century Sunderland Pink Lustre, Transfer Decorated Plate Lincoln doll Amsterdam to ZimmermanThe transfer decoration on this c. mid 19th century Sunderland plate was not perfectly executed (as is not at all uncommon) and the hand painting not done with a whole lot of precision, either (the globe at top, for example, just given a general sort of dab of that pale lemon yellow). But the effect to my eye is formally lovely, lending a sort of soft dreaminess to the whole thing, amplified further by the splashed pink lustre rim. And yet then a