Bowl
- Title:
- Bowl painted by Celia Thaxter
- Object Name:
- Bowl
- Creator:
- Celia Thaxter
- Date:
- 1888
- Material:
- porcelain
- Dimensions:
- H-24 W-18 D-10.5 inches
- Description:
- Lobed bowl with 4 sides; painted with decoration of boughs of leaves and ripe olives; pale green background; interior is yellow-green; Greek inscription on side; on bottom: "Celia Thaxter/1888." Otherwise unmarked.
- Provenance:
- Part of Isles of Shoals Collection given to PPL in 1965; transferred 1995 to the Athenaeum.
Translation of text:" [The] always-seeing eye of Zeus Morios now watches, and bright-eyed Athena." Sophocles, "Oedipus at Colonus" line 705, in a choral song about the olive tree. There are a couple of errors in the Greek lettering. - Subjects:
- Ceramic Ware, Handpainted, Bowls
- People:
- Thaxter, Celia, 1835-1894, Brown, John Appleton. 1844-1902, Rutledge, Lyman, Rutledge, Edward
- Place of Origin:
- France or England; decoration: Piscataqua area
- Collection Name:
- Art and Artifacts
- Item Number:
- C07.532
- Accession Number:
- C07.532
- Type of Material:
- Objects
- Copyright Statement:
- For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the Portsmouth Athenaeum
- Credit Line:
- Portsmouth Athenaeum
- Participating Organization:
- Portsmouth Athenaeum
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