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A) White clay body with white glaze; globular rectanguloid form with canted corners; high, wide rim with shallow flange at mouth receiving recessed cover; blue transfer print decoration of "Apple Blossom" pattern of floral sprigs with elaborate scroll border on rim. B) Conforming domed lid surmounted by curvilinear handle with trefoil terminals.
soap dishes
ironstone (pottery)
transfer printing
floral patterns
flowers (plants)
Ironstone
Transfer Printed
Apple Blossom
DISH, SOAP
Printed ""Wm. Ridgway, Son + Co.""
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
William Ridgway & Co. (Maker)
Shelton and Hanley, England, Staffordshire; Hanley, England, Staffordshire
3 (H) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1058AB
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