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Of circular form, in a cream tone with a fluted rim with gilt edging. The face has a polychrome transfer of the Newbury marsh view and salt hay bales. Above are crossed flags and an inscription, and a black circular reserve enclosing the Newbury town seal.
plates (dishes)
commemoratives
earthenware
gilding
glazing (coating)
molding (forming)
transfer printing
ceramic (material)
tin (metal)
flags
marshes
Earthenware
Tin Glazed
Gilded
Molded
Transfer Printed
Marshland
Haystack
Flag
Unidentified Ceramic
PLATE, COMMEMORATIVE
In a transfer print on the front is: Town of Newbury, Massachusetts/The Mary and John/ Newbury, Mass/Incorporated May 6, 1635/""The Marshes"". The back has a two paragraph history of the Newbury flag, and the makers mark: Worldwide Art Studios/a division of/Atlas Crystal Works, Inc./Covington, Tennessee.
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Newbury, MA
Worldwide Art Studios (Maker)
Covington, TN, USA
10.625 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.574
Tennessee (United States)
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