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Earthenware plate with mulberry-colored transfer-print pattern "Canova." Landscape scene with urn-on-plinth and trees in the foreground. In the mid-ground is a waterway with figures on a boat and buildings on a far bank. Border pattern has vignettes of urn and boat alternating with floral sprays.
plates (dishes)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
floral patterns
sailing vessels
urns
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Luncheon
Spray
Bellflower
Gazebo
Gondola
Plate, Luncheon
"[striding lion] / CANOVA [in scroll cartouche] / T. MAYER . LONGPORT" (printed)
Canova
Mayer, Thomas (Maker)
Stoke on trent, England, Staffordshire
1 (H), 9 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Hicks
1980.260.36
Waltham (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Stoke-on-Trent (Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom)
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