Blue transfer-printed pearlware soup plate with a scalloped edge. Molded bead-and-bar edge. Floral border surrounding the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.
soup plates
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Soup
Plate, Soup
Printed on bottom: CAPITAL/WASHINGTON/RS Impressed on bottom: STEVENSON Paper label on bottom:""Bought at/Mrs. Russell's sale/Jan. 1898""
Capitol, The
Subject The Capitol,
Stevenson, Ralph (Maker)
Cobridge, England, Staffordshire
1 5/8 (H), 10 1/8 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Charles I. Thayer
1920.652
Washington (DC)
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