A blue transfer print pearlware plate with a scalloped edge. The central design depicts the steamboat Union Line, which is bordered by an aquatic motif.
plates (dishes)
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Earthenware
Tin Glazed
Transfer Printed
Steamboat
Shell
Classical Figure
Transportation
Plate, Food
Impressed in bottom: E. WOOD & SONS BURSLEM WARRANTED SEMICHINA Q
Subject Union Line Steamboat,
67.1923
Union Line Steamboat
Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)
Burslem, England, Staffordshire
15/16 (D), 10 (diameter) (inches)
In memory of Dr. and Mrs. Charles Harrington
1943.283
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