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Earthenware plate with scalloped rim and red transfer-print scene of the Marconi Wireless Station, Wellfleet, Mass. Border pattern of floral sprays framed by scroll pendant with vase of flowers.
dinner plates
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
floral patterns
landmarks
commemoratives
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Dinner
Medallion
Flower
Rose
Plate, Dinner
"IMPORTED EXPRESSLY FOR: / EVERETT I. NYE, / WELLFLEET, MASS. / W. ADAMS & Co / ESTD. 1657 [in flowing banner held in eagle's beak] / ENGLAND / FRENCH, MITCHELL, WOODBURY Co., / BOSTON" (printed)
"ADAMS / TUNSTALL" (impressed)
"MARCONI WIRELESS STATION, WELLFLEET, MASS. / THE FIRST WIRELESS MESSAGE FROM / PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT to KING EDWARD VII / WAS SENT FROM THIS STATION / JAN 19th 1903." (printed)
French, Mitchell, Woodbury Co.
Everett I. Nye
William Adams & Sons (Maker)
Tunstall, England, Staffordshire
1 (H), 10 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. H. L. Beveridge
1931.1752
1903-1910 (After)
Wellfleet (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Tunstall (Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom)
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