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A blue transfer print pearlware dessert plate. The central design depicts the Capitol Building, which is bordered by an aquatic motif.
dessert plates
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Dessert
Earthenware
Tin Glazed
Transfer Printed
Shell
Cow
Classical Figure
Tree
Plate, Dessert
One of many views related to the early United States and its history that appear in the online exhibit "Patriotic America."
THE CAPITOL/WASHINGTON Impressed in bottom: E WOOD & SONS BURSLEM WARRANTED SEMICHINA Printed on paper label on bottom: ""Capitol Washington maker Wood border shells No.22 condition proof size 7 1/2 inch flat $18.00
Capitol, The
Subject The Capitol,
Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)
Burslem, England, Staffordshire
3/4 (D), 7 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Margaret R. Kimberley
1926.358
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