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Dinner plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1835-1846

GUSN

GUSN-42815

Description

Earthenware dark violet transfer-printed dinner plate with border of flowers and fruit surrounding scene of Harvard College with horseman and figures in front of Hall.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dinner plates
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
architecture (object genre)
education
floral patterns
fruit
equestrians
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Dinner
Earthenware
Transfer Printed
Flower
Fruit
Horseback Figures
Plate, Dinner

Inscription

"HARVARD/COLLEGE/E.W.&S./ CELTIC CHINA" (Printed on bottom)

Associated Building

Subject Harvard Hall,

Additional Identification Number

10.1923

People and Organizations

Harvard Hall
Harvard Yard
Harvard University

Maker

Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)

Location of Origin

Burslem, England, Staffordshire

Dimensions

1 1/8 (H), 10 1/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

In memory of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Harrington

Accession Number

1943.229

Places

County of Staffordshire (England, United Kingdom) [county]

Related Items

Title Dinner plate Accession Number 1956.88

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