Circular ceramic plate with printed blue and white image of the Whittier birthplace in Haverhill, Massachusetts. House is surrounded by trees and low brick walls. Blue and white floral and clover border.
plates (dishes)
ceramic (material)
Plate, Commemorative
"WHITTIER BIRTHPLACE, HAVERHILL, MASS" (Printed in blue capital letters)
"JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE QUAKER POET" (Text printed in blue inside a ribbon underneath a portrait of Whittier framed by laurel leaves)
"Old English Staffordshire Ware/JONROTH/ENGLAND" (Text printed in blue under ribbon and above crowned circle "Jonroth England")
"MADE IN STAFFORDSHIRE/ENGLAND/BY THE BEDFORD POTTERIES/ESTABLISHED IN 1792/IMPORTED EXCLUSIVELY/FOR/JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER HOMESTEAD/HAVERHILL, MASSACHUSETTS." (Printed in blue under crowned circle)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Bedford Potteries (Manufacturer)
John Greenleaf Whittier Homestead (Agency responsible for reproduction)
Staffordshire, England
10 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1699
County of Staffordshire (England, United Kingdom) [county]
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