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Culture:English
Title:plate
Date Made:1740-1750
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: tin-glazed earthenware decorated in cobalt blue, manganese purple, and iron red
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Bristol or London
Measurements:overall: 1 x 8 1/4 in.; 20.955 cm
Accession Number:  HD 56.365
Credit Line:Gift of Henry N. Flynt and Helen Geier Flynt
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
One of a pair of English delft circular plates with blue, purple and red decoration. The rim is decorated with sponged manganese, encircled by three blue bands. The center well has a form that can be described as a schematic oriental pavilion or futuristic pylon structure topped by a cross with a blue circle center over a red fence, with two sponged manganese trees and two red birds flying overhead. The well is encircled with a blue band. According to Jonathan Horne, 1/23/95, these plates are from Bristol.

Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location)

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