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Culture:American
Title:plate
Date Made:early 19th century
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: lead-glazed red earthenware with antimony slip enamel
Place Made:United States
Measurements:overall: 9 in.; 22.86 cm
Accession Number:  HD 69.0773
Credit Line:Gift of Mr. & Mrs. John Kenneth Byard
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Redware plate decorated with three yellow squiggly lines. New England potters made coarse, utilitarian plates and dishes from local clays. The inherent fragility of these inexpensive wares caused them to break from use. The iron impurities in the clay give the body its distinctive red color.

Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); Redware

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