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Small earthenware plate with mulberry-colored transfer-print pattern "Commerce." Pattern depicts harbor scene featuring European and Asian men discussing cargo boxes on a dock. Asian-style buildings and boats in background. Flower and trellis border.
dessert plates
earthenware
glazing (coating)
transfer printing
Chinoiserie
floral patterns
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Dessert
Pagoda
Sailing vessel
Orientalism
Plate, Dessert
"Commerce [in oval with flower petals]" (pattern name)
"ALCOCK / [beehive symbol]" (impressed)
Commerce
Samuel Alcock & Co. (Maker)
Burslem, England, Staffordshire
7/8 (H), 7 (diameter) (inches)
1980.339.2
Burslem (Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom)
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