Small oval tray or platter with scalloped edges and pierced rim. Mulberry colored transfer-print pattern depicting walkway along a waterway with tower and other buidings. Figures with boxes and barrels on shore, figures onboard a boat just off shore. Border pattern of a row of beads, flowers, scrolls.
trays
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
piercing
molding (forming)
business (commercial function)
docks
flowers (plants)
floral patterns
harbors
scrolls (motifs)
shell (animal material)
Tray, Serving
Harbor
Tray, Serving
Possibly John Ridgway & Co. (Maker)
Hanley, England, Staffordshire
1 1/4 x 9 x 10 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Museum Accession
1980.370
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