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Sandwich plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1860

GUSN

GUSN-24901

Description

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."

Details

Descriptive Terms

plates (dishes)
ironstone (pottery)
flow blue (ceramic glaze)
Ironstone
Flow blue
The Temple
Pagoda
PLATE, LUNCHEON

Inscription

See description.

Associated Building

Coffin House (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

P. W. & Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

England, STAFFORDSHIRE

Dimensions

7.875 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret E.C. Merriam in memory of her mother Elizabeth Low Coffin Colman

Accession Number

1985.172

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