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Earthenware transfer-printed blue tray. Floral and scroll border surrounding a central scene depicting Doctor Synax looking over a dead horse.
trays
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
Tray, Food Service
Tray, Food Service
Loaned to Tufts University Museum Studies Program for "Humor & Humanity: Through the Eyes of Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827)" at the Boston Public Library, May 12-23, 2005.
Printed on bottom: Death of Punch
Syntax, Dr.
Clews, James & Ralph (Maker)
Cobridge, England, Staffordshire
1 1/8 x 5 3/4 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Margaret R. Kimberley
1927.151
Title Tureen Accession Number 1918.928
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