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Ladle, "Rapids above Hadley's Falls"

Maker: J & J Jackson
Medium: Earthenware
Place Made: Burslem, Staffordshire, England
Dates: ca. 1835
Dimensions: Length: 7 3/8 in. (18.7 cm)
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, American Landscape/Colony to Nation, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 63.186.82c
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. William C. Esty
Image: Overall, 63.186.82_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Earthenware ladle with black underglaze transfer-printed design. View in bowl of ladle: "Rapids above Hadley's Falls," left bank of Hudson in diagonal line from right through center to left in foreground; man on ledge with fishing pole; turbulent waters of the falls at right; steep cliffs at right, three boulders in falls and steep plateau crowned with trees in middle distance; mountains in background center. Source of view: painting by Thomas Cole. Condition: some discoloration, lab report on file.

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