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Ovoid platter with scalloped and canted corners; deep well; molded gravy draining wells; blue and white transfer print decoration of circular geometric border with large floral blossom design on rim; oval central reserve with scene of Far Eastern garden with boy riding zebra, pavillions and pagoda at rear.
platters
earthenware
glazing (coating)
vitrification
transfer printing
tin (metal)
children (people by age group)
floral patterns
gardening
recreation
figure- and animal-derived motifs
zebras (mammals)
Earthenware
Semi-Vitrified
Tin Glazed
Staffordshire
Transfer Printed
Zebra
Gardening
Recreation
Floral
Child
PLATTER
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
England
15.375 x 20.875 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.975.2
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