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Dinner Plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1834-1859

GUSN

GUSN-15546

Description

Blue transfer-printed pearlware plate. Vine and scroll border surrounds a central scene featuring people walking on the coast and a mansion in the distance.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dinner plates
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Dinner
Plate, Dinner

Inscription

Printed on bottom: ""PEARL STONE WARE/ VENUS/ PW & Co"" (illegible impression)

Maker

Podmore, Walker & Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Tunstall, England

Dimensions

10 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Collected by and Presented in memory of Rosetta Ginesi Sherwood 1873-1940 By William C. Sherwood

Accession Number

1941.477

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