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Luncheon Plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1814-1832

GUSN

GUSN-15803

Description

Blue transfer-printed pearlware plate. Four medallions surround a centralized circular medallion. Each medallion features a different quadruped bordered by scrolls.

Details

Descriptive Terms

plates (dishes)
transfer printing
tin (metal)
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Luncheon
Earthenware
Transfer Printed
Tin Glazed
Quadrupeds
Porcupine
Rabbit
Seal
Opossum
Otter
Fruit Basket
Fishing
Plate, Luncheon

Inscription

Printed on bottom: ""I HALL/ QUADRUPEDS""

Pattern

Quadrupeds

Maker

Hall & Sons, John (Maker)

Location of Origin

Burslem, England, Staffordshire

Dimensions

8 3/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of S. Prescott Fay

Accession Number

1969.610.70

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