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Blue transfer-printed pearlware soup plate. Floral border surrounds a central scene depicting Dilston Tower.
soup plates
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Soup
Tin Glazed
Transfer Printed
Earthenware
Bellflower
Castle
Tree
Classical Figure
Bridge
Cottage
Fishing
Pastoral
Plate, Soup
Printed on bottom: DILSTON TOWER/NORTHUMBERLAND Impressed on bottom: ADAMS WARRANTED STAFFORDSHIRE Paper label (handwritten): Dilston Tower/maker Adams No 47/border bluebells/10 in. soup/Price $4.00
Subject Dilston Tower,
Dilston Tower
William Adams & Sons (Maker)
Tunstall/Stoke, England, Staffordshire; Stoke, England, Staffordshire; Tunstall, England, Staffordshire
1 1/2 (H), 10 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Margaret R. Kimberley
1926.368
Title Dessert plate Accession Number 1926.369
Title Plate Accession Number 1927.177
Title Dinner plate Accession Number 1927.184
Title Platter Accession Number 1950.247
Title Platter Accession Number 1950.258
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