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Earthenware plate with scalloped rim and brown transfer-print pattern "A View in Venice" depicting people standing beside canal in foreground with the Venice skyline behind them. Border pattern of floral sprays with vase on florette patterned ground.
dinner plates
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Dinner
Plate, Dinner
"A / View in / Venice / WR / ITALIAN" [in sheild and banners] (printed)
"536 / J.B. MORRIS JR." and "536 / J.B.M. Jr." and "J.B. Morris Lakewood[?] [illegible] / 1 Brown white plate / $2.00" (handwritten)
A View in Venice
Ridgway, William (Maker)
Shelton, England, Staffordshire
1 (H), 10 1/4 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the John B. Morris Jr.
1944.85
County of Staffordshire (England, United Kingdom) [county]
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