Blue transfer printed pearlware plate with a scalloped edge. Central design depicts the Langdon House in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, which is bordered by florets and flowers.
plates (dishes)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
Commemorative
Plate, Commemorative
Earthenware
Tin Glazed
Transfer Printed
Colonial Revival
Flower
Rose
Chrysanthemum
Architecture
Plate, Commemorative
Printed: GOV LANGDON MANSION/WHERE GEORGE WASHINGTON/WAS ENTERTAINED./PORTSMOUTH, N.H./MADE BY W. ADAMS & CO. ENGLAND, FOR:/M.P. ALKON & CO., PORTSMOUTH, N.H./FRENCH, MITCHELL, WOODBURY OC.,/BOSTON Impressed: ADAMS./TUNSTALL
Washington, George, 1732-1799
Subject Governor John Langdon House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Langdon House
Washington, George, 1732-1799
William Adams & Sons (Maker)
Tunstall/Stoke, England, Staffordshire; Tunstall, England, Staffordshire
1 1/16 (D), 10 1/8 (diameter) (inches)
1970.277
New Hampshire (United States)
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