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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 midground is a waterway with figures on a boat and buildings on a far bank. Border pattern printed with vignettes of urn and boat alternating with floral sprays.
dinner plates
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
Classical
floral patterns
sailing vessels
urns
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Dinner
Bellflower
Urn
Sailing vessel
Gondola
Classical Figure
Mountain
Tower
Plate, Dinner
"[striding lion] / CANOVA [in scroll cartouche] / T. MAYER/ STOKE-UPON-TRENT" (printed)
Canova
Mayer, Thomas (Maker)
Stoke/Longport, England, Staffordshire
1 1/4 (H), 10 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Hicks
1980.260.46
Stoke-on-Trent (Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom)
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