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Earthenware plate with brown transfer-printed pattern "Chinese Pastime" depicting two children in Asian dress fishing beside a stream with exotic flowers, pagoda and bridge in background. Border pattern of scrolls, floral sprays and florettes.
dinner plates
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
floral patterns
Chinoiserie
Fishing
Scrolling Border
Children
Man
Temple
Spray
Plate, Dinner
"Chinese/ pastime" (printed)
[simple petaled flower] (impressed)
Chinese Pastime
1940.229E
Davenport (Maker)
Longport, England, Staffordshire
1 1/8 (H), 10 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Alexander Pease
1940.229.5
Longport (Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom)
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