Blue transfer-printed pearlware soup plate. Fruit and floral border surrounds a central scene featuring sheltered peasants.
soup plates
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Soup
Plate, Soup
"Oct-26-1925/ This dish came from/the old home in/ Chesterfield NH and is/ over 100 years old." (handwritten)
Sheltered Peasants
Hall, Ralph (Maker)
Tunstall, England, Staffordshire
1 1/2 (H), 10 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Ruth A. Stafford
1980.409
Title Tureen Accession Number 1927.132AB
Title Cup plate Accession Number 1933.762
Title Salad plate Accession Number 1934.437
Title Platter Accession Number 1934.456
Title Dish Accession Number 1938.264
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