Pearlware transfer-print plate. Molded alphabet and a red painted rim. Paint superimpossed on a black transfer print illustrating a pastoral scene.
plates (dishes)
earthenware
transfer printing
pearlware
glazing (coating)
Knickknack
Plate, Decorative
Plate, Decorative
"FRANKLINS PROVbs HE THAT BY THE PLOUGH WOULD THRIVE HIMSELF MUST EITHER HOLD OR DRIVE" (Black transfer print.)
69
Unknown
7 1/8 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.383
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