[Anti-slavery dessert service]
Title:
[Anti-slavery dessert service]
Description:
In Great Britain and the United States, women organized anti-slavery bazaars throughout the North to raise money and awareness for the cause. Members of female anti-slavery societies sold tokens, pottery, quilts, books, prints, and needlework. Some items were commercially produced, others made by hand. This dessert service is likely Staffordshire pottery transfer-ware. The images of two iconic elements of the visual vocabulary of the abolitionist movement—a black man kneeling in chains, and a black woman cradling a child—as well as the surrounding biblical passages were meant to evoke sympathy for the cause. The collection holds ten pieces, including a footed compote.
Date:
1820
Coverage:
[Staffordshire]
Display Date:
[ca. 1820s]
Hover Text:
Anti-slavery fairs
Published Item:
U
Item Index:
9
Item Sort:
1800s
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