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White clay body with pearl glaze; circular form with narrow rim; lobed edge; slightly dished. Shallow circular well. Underglaze blue transfer printed decoration in early "Willow" pattern featuring birds at left, Chinese/ Middle Eastern style temples, houses, and figures and a fence featuring the Union Jack. Scroll cavetto border. Rim border floral leafy motifs, quartered by thistle, rose and crown.
dinner plates
ceramic (material)
transfer printing
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
fences
houses
temples (buildings)
willow (wood)
Willow
Bird
Temple
House
Fence
Transfer Printed
Unidentified Ceramic
PLATE, DINNER
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
9 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.164
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