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Plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-48406

Description

Pearlware transfer-print plate. Molded alphabet and a red painted rim. Paint superimpossed on a black transfer print illustrating a pastoral scene.

Details

Descriptive Terms

plates (dishes)
earthenware
transfer printing
pearlware
glazing (coating)
Knickknack
Plate, Decorative
Plate, Decorative

Inscription

"FRANKLINS PROVbs HE THAT BY THE PLOUGH WOULD THRIVE HIMSELF MUST EITHER HOLD OR DRIVE" (Black transfer print.)

Additional Identification Number

69

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7 1/8 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell

Accession Number

1970.383

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