Blue transfer-printed pearlware plate with a scalloped edge. Floral and fruit border surrounding a central scene depicting Transylvania University.
dinner plates
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
pearlware
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Food
Printed on bottom: TRANSYLVANIA/UNIVERSITY/LEXINGTON/E.W.&S./ CELTIC CHINA Impressed on bottom: L
Subject Transylvania University,
Transylvania University
Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)
Burslem, England, Staffordshire
1 1/4 (H), 10 3/8 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Charles I. Thayer
1920.653
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