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Soup plate

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1853-1871

GUSN

GUSN-19004

Description

Ironstone soup plate; white w/ no decoration; badly discolored.

Details

Descriptive Terms

soup plates
ironstone (pottery)
Ironstone
PLATE, SOUP

Inscription

Stamped on bottom: ""IMPERIAL PARISIAN GRANITE/ ELSMORE & FORSTER"" Impressed on bottom: ""CRYSTAL"" (?)

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Elsmore & Forster (Maker)

Location of Origin

Tunstall, England, Staffordshire

Dimensions

9.875 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.1121

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