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Plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1840-1860

GUSN

GUSN-3248

Description

A plate of circular form with a scalloped edge. The center is printed in green with a two masted ship at sea, with clouds overhead all within a curly fern and beaded swag border.

Details

Descriptive Terms

plates (dishes)
earthenware
transfer printing
seascapes
ships
Earthenware
Transfer Printed
Nautical
Ship
Seascape
Neptune
PLATE

Inscription

Printed on the bottom is a partial mark in green. Above the mark reads: NEPTUNE . In the ribbon reads: Florentine China .

Pattern

Neptune

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Neptune Florentine China (Maker)

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

9 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.1031

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