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Luncheon Plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1850

GUSN

GUSN-58887

Description

Blue and white transfer printed round plate with twelve facets decorated with a depiction of a landscape with a castle surrounded by a grapevine border. One of a pair.

Details

Descriptive Terms

plates (dishes)
pearlware
transfer printing
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Luncheon
Plate, Luncheon

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Maker

Alcock, John (Maker)

Location of Origin

Cobridge, England, Staffordshire

Dimensions

1 3/4 (H), 9 7/8 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.2969.2

Places

Probably

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