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Ironstone handless cup and saucer with mulberry-colored transfer-printed pattern with elements overglazed in blue, green, yellow and red. Border pattern of scrolls and roses. Central scene of urn, vase, and flowers.
cups
saucers (plates)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
ironstone (pottery)
overglazing
transfer printing
floral patterns
scrollwork
Set, Cup and Saucer
Overglazed
Rose
Scrolling Border
Urn
Vase
Flower
Set, Cup and Saucer
"IRONSTONE/ [reg. mark= Feb. 10, 1853; parcel [illeg.]; patent # 89626] / EXCELLSIOR/ G. WOOLISCROFT" (printed)
Excelsior
1918.228AB
Wooliscroft, George (Maker)
Tunstall, England, Staffordshire
3 (H), 3 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of S. F. Moore
1918.228.1-.2
Tunstall (County of Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom)
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