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A blue transfer printed whiteware commemorative plate. The central design depicts the Old Oak bordered by an inner scroll and floral motif and an outer bar and bead design.
plates (dishes)
commemoratives
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
whiteware
scrolls (motifs)
Commemorative
Plate, Commemorative
Earthenware
Tin Glazed
Transfer Printed
Colonial Revival
Scroll
Shell
Acanthus
Oak Tree
Town Scene
Plate, Commemorative
""To Commemorate/ the 250th Anniversary/ of the Incorporation of/ the Town May 29 1905"/ Richard Briggs & Co. Boston/ Made in England/ The Old Oak/ Billerica, Massachusetts/ An Old Tree when the Town Was/ Incorporated in 1655" (printed)
Old Oak, The
Subject The Old Oak,
Minton (Maker)
Stoke-on-Trent, England, Staffordshire; Stoke, England, Staffordshire
1 (D), 10 (diameter) (inches)
1920.223
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