Large redware plate with looping lines of yellow slip and the word "Ninety." Red-brown glaze and impressed edge. Small asterisk
-shaped figure near plate edge is formed by the absence of glaze. Possibly made using a wax resist technique.
plates (dishes)
earthenware
redware
slipware
glazing (coating)
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Food
Unknown
Norwalk, CT
2 (H), 13 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of William Sumner Appleton
1934.2862
Possibly Norwalk (Fairfield county, Connecticut)
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