Irregular circular form with flaring rim and slight well; thick foot ring; underglaze blue Willow pattern with central landscape scene enclosed by cross-hatched border; rim decorated with blue band and scalloped late Canton border; crudely potted and painted.
plates (dishes)
porcelain
underglazing
Canton (Chinese painting style)
willow (wood)
Porcelain
Underglazed
Canton
Willow
PLATE
Willow
Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),
Unknown
1.125 (H), 8.875 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler
1977.830.5
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