Blue transfer-printed pearlware butter plate. Border of flowers and urns surround a central scene featuring a hyena. Also known as the quadruped pattern.
butter dishes (serving dishes)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Butter
Plate, Butter
Hall & Sons, John (Maker)
Burslem, England, Staffordshire
4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of S. Prescott Fay
1969.610.114
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