The two figures, facing front, are kneeling side by side on an upholstered stool. Eva's left hand and Topsy's right are joined and Eva's right arm is around Topsy's shoulder. Their clothing is white with brown accents; Eva's hair is brown; the stool is entirely white.
Alternative Title:
Topsy and Eva
Description:
A Staffordshire statuette depicting Topsy and Eva, characters in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel, Uncle Tom's cabin. and Title printed in gold on a banner at base of statuette.
Uncle Tom is depicted in center of llustration, dancing while holding a little black child up on his left shoulder. Two black boys are also dancing and a white boy is waving a handkerchief and cheering them on. A black woman is putting a covered pot on the table to Uncle Tom's right; details of cabin walls and ceiling appear in the background.
Alternative Title:
Uncle Tom at home
Description:
"Uncle Tom's cabin" printed above illustration on plate; "Uncle Tom at home" printed below it., A child's plate; small, octagonal and decorated with a black transfer printed vignette., Attributed to one of five Staffordshire potters with the initials JH (John Hawthorn of Burslem, John Holland of Tunstall, John Hebb of Fenton, John Hughes of Cobridge, and John Holloway)., and On verso of plate are potter's initials, JH, and an impressed Stafford knot.
