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ca. 1870
GUSN-5949
"Commerce" pattern of blue transfer print on white body; floral and wavy line borders; central scene of group of figures (possibly traders) at center with two sailing vessels at right with dock areas at foreground; background shows Far Eastern buildings; possibly representing the China trade. .4-.9) Circular with scalloped edges.
dinner plates
earthenware
transfer printing
architecture (object genre)
architectural elements
Chinese export
business (commercial function)
Earthenware
Staffordshire
Commerce
Commerce
Trade
Transfer Printed
Architecture
PLATE, DINNER
Commerce
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
England
10.625 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1044.7
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