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Culture:English
Title:plate
Date Made:1740-1750
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: tin-glazed earthenware decorated in cobalt blue
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Bristol; Limekiln Lane (possibly)
Measurements:overall: 1 5/16 in x 8 15/16 in; 3.33375 cm x 22.70125 cm
Accession Number:  HD 91.205
Credit Line:Museum Collections Fund
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
English delft circular plate decorated in blue with stylized, dark-blue square foliage on long curving stems. The rim has four groups of stylized square foliage sprigs on curving stems. Fragments with this pattern have been found in excavations at Limekiln Lane in Bristol, Colonial Williamsburg, and the Dr. Thomas Williams House privy site in Historic Deerfield. The Frenchs found the plate in Millers Falls, MA.

Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location)

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