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Plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1840 C-1850 C

GUSN

GUSN-20760

Description

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."

Details

Descriptive Terms

plates (dishes)
earthenware
molding (forming)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
butterflies
childhood
floral patterns
flowers (plants)
Torah
Earthenware
Childhood
Molded
Daisy
Butterfly
PLATE

Additional Identification Number

444

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Sarah Moore Field Collection

Accession Number

1998.5910

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