Large, diamond-shaped, earthenware tray with blue transfer-printed pastoral scene. Scene depicts men in small boats on a calm river. A wooden bridge and thatched-roof cottage is in the mid-ground and fields with sheep and the tower of a building in the distance. Floral borders on raised interior and exterior sides of the tray. Four small dishes with handles fit inside the tray (see 1993.597.2-.5).
sauce dishes
earthenware
transfer printing
pearlware
pastoral
flowers (plants)
Tray, Food Service
Tray, Food Service
Unknown
1 1/2 x 9 x 11 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Eleanor Fayerweather
1993.597.1
County of Staffordshire (England, United Kingdom) [county]
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