White clay body w/ colorless glaze. Circular plate form w/ slight foot ring and 3 stilt marks on bottom. Molded shaped edge w/ slightly dished rim. Shallow circular well. Transfer printed "flow-blue" decoration in the "Temple" pattern. featuring romanticized pagodas in well w/ scrolled cavetto banding. Rim decoration of quartered scenic reserves. Printed blue mark: "Pearl Stone."
plates (dishes)
ironstone (pottery)
flow blue (ceramic glaze)
Ironstone
Flow blue
The Temple
Pagoda
PLATE, LUNCHEON
See description.
Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),
P. W. & Co. (Maker)
England, STAFFORDSHIRE
7.875 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman
1985.172
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