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Of rectangular form with shaped corners, a molded beaded scroll and floriform tab handles at each end. There are sloping sides to the rectangular face that is painted in polychrome with a branch of flowering margnolia(?) and a rectangular reserve with hand-painted scene of a young woman walking in a wooded area. The exterior sides of the dish are painted pink.
cake plates (serving vessels)
porcelain
earthenware
molding (forming)
painting (coating)
floral patterns
scenes (depictions)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
women (female humans)
Porcelain
Molded
Painted
Floral
Woman
Scenic
Earthenware
DISH, CAKE
Transfer printed on the bottom is: CFH/GDM .
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Hanland, Charles Field, Mr. (Maker)
France
1.875 x 14 x 8.25 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.582
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