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Redware plate, smallish in size; uneven scalloped edge, pared from the reverse; overall orange glaze with dark manganese splotches in a tortoiseshell design.
plates (dishes)
glazing (coating)
lead glaze
molding (forming)
redware
scalloping
Redware
Molded
Scalloped
Lead Glazed
Tortoise Shell
Plate
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
8 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.419
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