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Child's plate; alphabet around the rim with a star decoration between the beginning and the end; picture of two boys, one older and one younger standing in front of a house with a diamond pane window; inscription underneath.
plates (dishes)
ceramic (material)
ceramic glaze
glaze
transfer printing
children (people by age group)
early childhood education
education
Ceramic
Plate
"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ" (around rim)
"GOING TO SCHOOL/ We are the Boys, for School all the day./ And then at night we begin to play." (around image in the center of the plate)
Used At Hamilton House (South Berwick, Me.),
Unknown
Bequest of Elizabeth R. Vaughan
1949.627
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