1840 C-1850 C
GUSN-20760
Child's plate with molded daisy border, transfer-printed view of girl standing in garden with boy reading in black, hand-colored in blue, red, yellow, and green with motto: "The tulip and the betterfly/Appear in gayer coats than I./Let me dress's fine as I will, Flies worms and flowers exceed me still."
plates (dishes)
earthenware
molding (forming)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
butterflies
childhood
floral patterns
flowers (plants)
Torah
Earthenware
Childhood
Molded
Daisy
Butterfly
PLATE
444
Unknown
Sarah Moore Field Collection
1998.5910
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