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Transfer printed plate, square form with serpentine edge and two molded tab handles at sides, gilt band at rim. Circular foot ring. Printed scenes in medium blue with pagoda-like building, trees, bushes, and a camel with people in the foreground. Scene surrounded by a pale blue border with delicate flowering vines and eight floral-edged reserves with floral sprays, buildings, and greenery.
cake plates (serving vessels)
bone china
molding (forming)
transfer printing
porcelain
Bone China
Molded
Transfer Printed
Plate, Cake
"Ridgways/ ORIENTAL/ W.R./ ENGLAND" (Text is printed above and below an image of an urn and beehive on a rectangular platform)
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Possibly Ridgway, William (Maker)
Possibly Ridgways (Maker)
Shelton, England, Staffordshire; Hanley, England, STAFFORDSHIRE
1 1/8 x 9 1/2 x 8 7/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.557.16
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