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Earthenware plate with scalloped rim with scroll molding. Plate is transfer-printed with red "Harvard College" pattern depicting Harvard Yard; Stoughton, Harvard, Hollis, and Holworthy Halls; and Holden Chapel. A man on horseback rides in the field in front of the buildings as people in Victorian-style dress look on from the foreground. Border pattern of flowers and fruit, including cherries, raspberries, and peaches.
dinner plates
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
floral patterns
landmarks
colleges (buildings)
cultural landscapes
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Dinner
Flower
Fruit
People
Plate, Dinner
"HARVARD COLLEGE/ E.W. & S. / CELTIC CHINA" (printed)
Harvard College
Subject Harvard Hall,
Enoch Wood & Sons (Maker)
Burslem, England, Staffordshire
1 7/8 (H), 10 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
1956.88
Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Burslem (Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom)
Title Dinner plate Accession Number 1943.229
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