Blue transfer-printed pearlware luncheon plate. Floral border surrounding a scene illustrating Benjamin Franklin's birthplace.
plates (dishes)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
pearlware
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Luncheon
Plate, Luncheon
One of many views related to the early United States and its history that appear in the online exhibit "Patriotic America."
Impressed in bottom: WOOD
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
Enoch Wood & Son (Maker)
Burslem, England; Burslem, England, Staffordshire
7/8 (H), 9 1/8 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Margaret R. Kimberley
1926.360
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