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Oval pearlware platter with molded feather and fish scale rim. Edge is painted blue. Two areas where glaze did not completely cover earthenware body. Two chips on rim.
platters
earthenware
glazing (coating)
pearlware
hand-painted
molding (forming)
Dish, Serving
Platter
Platter
"16" (impressed)
Original To 28 Chestnut Street,
Unknown
Staffordshire, England
1 3/4 x 13 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Amey L. Willson
1937.237
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