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Green molded plate w/ 3 rabbits and raised inscription around rim "RABBITS THREE AND EARS AS FEW. YET EACH RABBIT HAS ITS TWO"; raised thistle decoration around well of plate.
plates (dishes)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
tin (metal)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
rabbits
Earthenware
Tin Glazed
Rabbit
PLATE
Stamped: ""MADE IN GERMANY"" [below crown and shield--see worksheet for drawing] Impressed stamp: ""SARREGUEMINES/ 227/02/12""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Rankin
Utzchneider (Maker)
Sarreguemines, France; Germany
8 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.4411
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