A blue transfer printed whiteware commemorative plate. A central design depicts the Billerica Town Hall building which is bordered by an inner scroll and floral motif and an outer bar and bead design.
plates (dishes)
commemoratives
glazing (coating)
shell (animal material)
transfer printing
earthenware
whiteware
acanthus (motif)
scrolls (motifs)
Commemorative
Plate, Commemorative
Earthenware
Tin Glazed
Transfer Printed
Colonial Revival
Scroll
Shell
Acanthus
Town Scene
Government
Unidentified Building
Plate, Commemorative
""To Commemorate/ the 250th Anniversary/ of the Incorporation of/ the Town May 29 1905"/ Richard Briggs & Co. Boston/ Made in England/ Town Hall/ Billerica, Massachusetts/ Erected 1895"
(printed)
Subject Billerica Town Hall,
Billerica Town Hall
Minton (Maker)
Stoke-on-Trent, England, Staffordshire; Stoke, England, Staffordshire
1 (D), 10 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Isabella Clark
1920.219
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