| Maker(s): | John Carr & Co. (probably) | | Culture: | English
| | Title: | Plate
| | Date Made: | circa 1850
| | Type: | Food Service
| | Materials: | ceramic: lead-glazed, refined white earthenware (pearlware, china glaze), transfer print, underglaze black color, polychrome overglaze enamels
| | Place Made: | Great Britain: Tyne and Wear, North Shields (probably)
| | Measurements: | Overall: 1 1/4 x 8 1/8 in; 3.2 x 20.6 cm
| | Accession Number: | HD 2023.21
| | Credit Line: | Hall and Kate Peterson Fund Peterson Fund for Minor Antiques
| | Museum Collection: | Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Press molded circular plate with polychrome painted floral designs on the rim, and a black transfer-printed scene on the well depicting three men standing over large copper pans used for boiling sugar. Printed above and below the scene is the phrase, "SUGAR / How it grows & How it's made / OPEN PAN BOILING." The reverse features an indistinct, impressed mark, which may read, "J. CARR & Co."
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