Item SH 880841 Bowl - Ceramic, Elves, circa 1884-1890

Summary

White glazed ceramic bowl with transfer print of elves, fire and bird. The decoration suggests it was made for children. It was made circa 1884-1890 and belonged to Sarah Adele Joseph, born in 1884 in Clifton Hill, Victoria.

Physical Description

White glazed ceramic bowl with lip of 1.3 cm decorated with transfer printed figures of elves, fire, around a larger central elf figure seated on a clump of grass and addressing a bird who sits on the tow of his upturned shoe. Rim had outline colour line of orange.