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Dinner plates part of "Hampden" pattern dinner service for twelve designed by Christopher Dresser and produced by the Old Hall Earthenware Company, England. The plates are light cream-colored with aqua rims, decorated with a transfer-printed and overpainted pattern of flowers and geometric designs in aqua, blues, yellow, brown and black.
dinner plates
ceramic (material)
floral patterns
Anglo-Japanese
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Dinner
Plate, Dinner
"HAMPDEN / OLD HALL / ENGLAND / E'WARE CO / (L)" (Printed in black on base of some pieces)
Hampden
Dresser, Christopher (Designer)
Old Hall Earthenware Co. Ltd. (Maker)
Hanley, England
10 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Sarah Moore Field Collection
1998.5905.1-.18
1880-1883 (Date attribution based on 1884 change in mark registration)
North Andover (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Hanley (Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom)
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