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Earthenware plate with blue-gray transfer-printed pattern "Venus" with select elements overglazed in red and green. Border of scrolls on horizontal striped ground. Central scene of canal framed by green arching trees with figures on left bank and large urn on right. Swans swim in the foreground, large building or temple and mountains in distance.
finger bowls
bowls (object components)
earthenware
ironstone (pottery)
overglazing
transfer printing
underglazing
scrollwork
landscapes (representations)
Bowl, Eating
Scrolling Border
Canal
Tree
Classical Figure
Swan
Urn
Unidentified Building
Ruins
Mountain
Bowl, Eating
Venus
Podmore, Walker & Co. (Maker)
Tunstall, England
1 (H), 5 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. William Stuart Mitchell
1931.165
Tunstall (County of Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom)
Title Dessert plate Accession Number 1958.159
Title Salad plate Accession Number 1944.80
Title Platter Accession Number 1958.513
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