A blue transfer printed whiteware plate. The central design depicts the stores of Jones, McDuffee, and Stratton Company. The border consists of a floral pattern and portraits of Otis Norcross, Otis Norcross (ex-mayor), Ichabod Howland, and Jerome Jones.
plates (dishes)
commemoratives
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
whiteware
Commemorative
Plate, Commemorative
Earthenware
Transfer Printed
Tin Glazed
Anniversary
Centennial
Rose
Leaf
Portrait
Medallion
Commerce
Plate, Commemorative
Impressed on bottom: WEDGWOOD/XYM/T Printed on bottom: [Jones, McDuffee & Stratton seal] and WEDGWOOD/ETRURIA/ENGLAND Printed on back: 1910 marks the 100th Year/of the steady progress of the/House of Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Co./Founded by Otis Norcross [etc.: long, detailed history of the firm; see catalogue sheet for transcription].. ""In the seven financial panics, it has been the good/fortune of the partners to avoid disaster.""
Norcross, Otis, Sr., 1785-1827
Howland, Ichabod
Jones, Jerome
Jones, McDuffee, & Stratton
Norcross, Otis, Sr., 1785-1827
Howland, Ichabod
Jones, Jerome
Wedgwood (Maker)
Etruria, England
10 (diameter) (inches)
1992.314
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