Scenes of Billerica; Aqueduct of the Middlesex Canal; dark blue; scrolls, shells, and acanthus leaves border.
plates (dishes)
commemoratives
earthenware
glazing (coating)
whiteware
transfer printing
scrolls (motifs)
Commemorative
Plate, Commemorative
Earthenware
Tin Glazed
Transfer Printed
Colonial Revival
Scroll
Shell
Acanthus
Town Scene
Engineering
Aquaduct
Plate, Commemorative
""To Commemorate/ the 250th Anniversary/ of the Incorporation of/ the Town May 29 1905"/ Richard Briggs & Co. Boston/ Made in England/ Acqueuct/ Of the Middlesex Canal/ Over Shawsheen River/ Billerica, Massachusetts/ Build About 1796." (printed)
Subject Aquaduct of the Middlesex Canal,
Aquaduct of the Middlesex Canal
Middlesex Canal
Minton (Maker)
Stoke-on-Trent, England, Staffordshire; Stoke, England, Staffordshire
1 (D), 10 (diameter) (inches)
1920.224
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