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Earthenware, green transfer-print plate with scalloped rim. Printed with "Royal Sketches" pattern depicting a pair of swans swimming in a lake in the foreground and a cathedral on a hill in the background. The scene is encircled by a garter bearing the words "HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" - "Evil to him who evil thinks" - a symbol common in British heraldy. The plate has a floral border with includes roses, shamrocks and thistle - emblems of England, Ireland and Scotland under the United Kingdom. Printed on the back of the plate is "Royal Sketches" in a round medallion with crown on top and rose, shamrock, and thistle surrounding.
plates (dishes)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
molding (forming)
cathedrals (buildings)
floral patterns
ponds (water)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Swan
Pond
Cathedral
Plate, Food
"HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE" ("Evil to him who evil thinks" - motto of the British Order of the Garter)
"Royal / Sketches" (Transfer-print pattern name)
"From / Nathan Berry Farm / Pittsfield, N.H." (written on paper label affixed to plate bottom)
Unknown
England
1 (H), 9 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Newton Mackintosh
1913.202
Pittsfield (Merrimack county, New Hampshire)
Probably
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