Molded blue and white transfer printed Staffordshire plate w/ English cathedral; marked on bottom: "English Cities/ Worcester"; scrolled floral design on surround; scene also contains boat in water, ducks and distant figures; semi-scalloped edge.
plates (dishes)
earthenware
molding (forming)
transfer printing
cathedrals (buildings)
scrolls (motifs)
floral patterns
Earthenware
Molded
Transfer Printed
Floral Scroll
Cathedral
PLATE
Stamped on bottom: ""E W & S"" [w/ picture of scrolled paper, scepter and shield(?)] Pencilled adhesive on bottom: ""The 4th set by ? ?--of Eng. cities--made around 1820--""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)
Burslem, England, Staffordshire
10.5 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.641
Snyder, Jeffrey B.. Romantic Staffordshire Ceramics. [No Publisher].
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