Earthenware mulberry transfer-printed dinner plate with a solid color border punctuated by cartouches of urns and Florentine scenes framed by floral sprigs surrounding a scene of man and woman, two large beehives, a cottage with trellis, and towers and mountains in the distance.
dinner plates
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
beehives (apiaries)
cottages
floral patterns
trees
trellises
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Dinner
Earthenware
Transfer Printed
Pearl
Medallion
Urn
Sprig
Beehive
Cottage
Trellis
Tree
Tower
Mountain
Plate, Dinner
"PEARL/ FLORENTINE CHINA / 16" (Printed on bottom:)
Pearl
Unknown
England, Staffordshire
1 1/8 (H), 10 3/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick B. Hicks
1980.324.3
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