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Pearlware plate with molded scallop edge. Rim is molded with a feather and sprig pattern and painted green. Plate interior is transfer-printed with an image of the ship "SALLY OF BOSTON" in black. Parts of the image are over-painted in green, red and blue. The American clipper ship Sally was constructed in Boston in 1803. She sailed from there under Richard Orne as master. Lost on Bahama Bank in 1825.
plates (dishes)
commemoratives
pearlware
transfer printing
hand-painted
molding (forming)
earthenware
ships
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Ship
Plate, Food
See description.
Unknown
Liverpool, England
1 (H), 9 3/8 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Mary C. Wheelwright
1935.924
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Possibly Liverpool (Liverpool urban district, Merseyside, England, United Kingdom)
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