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Earthenware plate with green and brown transfer-printed pattern "Venus." Green border of scrolls on striped ground. Brown central scene of canal framed by arching trees with figures on left bank and large urn on right. Swans swim in the foreground, large building or temple and mountains in distance.
dessert plates
earthenware
glazing (coating)
ironstone (pottery)
transfer printing
scrollwork
landscapes (representations)
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Dessert
Scrolling Border
Canal
Tree
Classical Figure
Swan
Urn
Unidentified Building
Ruins
Mountain
Plate, Dessert
"PEARL STONE WARE [on oval frame] / VENUS [in frame] / P.W. & Co [in banner]" (printed)
Venus
Podmore, Walker & Co. (Maker)
Tunstall, England
1 (H), 7 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Margaret Jewell
1958.159
Tunstall (County of Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom)
Title Small bowl Accession Number 1931.165
Title Salad plate Accession Number 1944.80
Title Luncheon plate Accession Number 1924.749
Title Platter Accession Number 1958.513
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