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A blue transfer print pearlware plate. It has a border of flowers and fruit that surrounds a central scene of the dam and waterworks in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
plates (dishes)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
floral patterns
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Earthenware
Tin Glazed
Transfer Printed
Fruit
Flower
Steamboat
Dam
Plate, Food
Printed on bottom: THE DAM/AND/WATERWORKS./ PHILADELPHIA
Dam, The
Waterworks, The
Subject The Dam,
Unknown
England, Staffordshire
15/16 (D), 10 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Charles I. Thayer
1920.664
1820-1830 (After)
Title Soup plate Accession Number 1934.444
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