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Dessert dish

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1955

GUSN

GUSN-26690

Description

Round white earthenware dessert plate, transfer-printed in forest green underglaze and covered with transparent glaze. Border of faux wood boards and nails. Dessert plate depicts wooden fireplace bellows.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dessert dishes
earthenware
transfer printing
glazing (coating)
Colonial Revival
Dish, Eating
Dish, Dessert
Dish, Dessert

Pattern

Colonial Homestead

Maker

Marshall-Burns (Maker)

Location of Origin

Chicago, IL, USA

Dimensions

1 3/8 (H), 5 5/8 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Johanna McBrien

Accession Number

1999.105.3

Date

1955 (Circa)

Places

Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)

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