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Dinner Plate

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1950-1960

GUSN

GUSN-11606

Description

Of circular form, molded with a bell-flower wreath edge on a gadrooned rim sloping to circular face. The plate transfer is printed in red with a scene of the Chapel at Groton School.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dinner plates
creamware
molding (forming)
transfer printing
chapels (rooms or structures)
Creamware
Molded
Transfer Printed
Chapel
PLATE, DINNER

Inscription

Transfer printed on the bottom is: Wedgewood/ Made in/England/of Etruria & Barlaston. Also, Engraved by the/Students Wedgewood . Impressed on the bottom is: Wedgewood 10X56 [indicates the month and year of manufacture]. It is signed: John Crocker.

Associated Building

Subject Groton School,

People and Organizations

Groton School

Maker

Josiah Wedgwood & Sons (Maker)

Location of Origin

Etruria & Barlaston, England

Dimensions

10.313 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.571.5

Places

Barlaston (County of Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom)

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