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Dessert plate

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1850-1860

GUSN

GUSN-14713

Description

Ironstone? part of dinner set w/ flow-blue transfer-print designs in Gothic-revival style; all decorated w/ picturesque landscape w/ Gothic church by a river w/ trees and 2 figures in the foreground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dessert plates
ironstone (pottery)
molding (forming)
transfer printing
Gothic Revival
weddings
Ironstone
Molded
Transfer Printed
Gothic Revival
Wedding
PLATE, DESSERT

Inscription

Transfer on reverse: ""COBURG/ J.E.""

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Edwards, John, 1847-1900 (Maker)

Location of Origin

Fenton, England

Dimensions

9.5 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.94.21

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