Earthenware soup plate with "flow blue" transfer-printed pattern. Central scene of large flowers and bamboo growing behind fence or screen. Rim edge painted gold.
soup plates
transfer printing
earthenware
glazing (coating)
flow blue (ceramic glaze)
Chinoiserie
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Soup
Flow blue
Floral Border
Flower
Plate, Soup
"DAVENPORT / STONE CHINA" [text in circle around anchor with rope] (printed)
W. Davenport & Company (Maker)
Longport, England, Staffordshire
1 3/8 (H), 9 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Isaac Sprague
1934.440
Longport (Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom)
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