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ca. 1855
GUSN-4123
Circular form with molded ribbed rim and slight well; white clay body decorated with underglaze blue transfer print design entitled "KINSHAN;" Oriental scene of two pavilions flanking a bridge with a lady carrying a parasol; trees in background.
plates (dishes)
ironstone (pottery)
transfer printing
underglazing
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Dinner
Plate, Dinner
Marked on back ""KINSHAN.""
Kinshan
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
E. Challinor & Co. (Maker)
England, Staffordshire
10 1/8 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.406.2
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