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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
Transfer Printed
Tin Glazed
Dam
Fruit
Flower
Sailboat
Industrialization
Engineering
Plate, Food
One of many views related to the early United States and its history that appear in the online exhibit "Patriotic America."
Printed on bottom: THE DAM/AND/WATERWORKS/ PHILADELPHIA. Paper label: Phila. Waterworks sidewheel/maker unknown/border fruits and flowers/condition perfect/size 10 inch flat no 85/ Price 15.00
Dam, The
Waterworks, The
Subject The Dam,
Schuylkill River
Dam, The
Waterworks, The
Unknown
England, Staffordshire
7/8 (D), 9 7/8 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Margaret R. Kimberley
1926.387
Title Soup plate Accession Number 1934.444
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