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Earthenware plate with purple transfer-printed vignette of pagoda, vase with flowers and exotic bird. Hand-painted overglaze in blue, yellow, red and green is applied to flowers and leaves. Border pattern of scrolls and sprigs.
soup plates
earthenware
glazing (coating)
ironstone (pottery)
overglazing
transfer printing
figure- and animal-derived motifs
floral patterns
scrollwork
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Soup
Scrolling Border
Sprig
Pagoda
Vase
Flower
Scroll
Bird
Florilla
Plate, Soup
"FLORILLA" (printed)
FLORILLA
1941.476D
Unknown
1 1/4 (H), 9 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Collected by and Presented in memory of Rosetta Ginesi Sherwood 1873-1940 By William C. Sherwood
1941.476
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