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Culture:English
Title:plate
Date Made:1770-1780
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: tin-glazed earthenware decorated in cobalt blue
Place Made:United Kingdom; England; Bristol
Measurements:overall: 1 1/4 in x 8 15/16 in; 3.175 cm x 22.70125 cm
Accession Number:  HD 91.207
Credit Line:Museum Collections Fund
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
English delft circular plate decorated in blue with a large pagoda-like building flanked by two tall, stylized floral stems. The rim is encircled by scrolling lines connecting stylized flowers. The back of the plate has a paper label with the inscription "Wm. Broomer/Umbrella and China./ Repaired Etc./32 Shawmut Avenue/Boston, Mass." William Broomer is listed as a repairer of china and umbrellas in the Boston City Directories from 1886 to 1922.

Subjects:
Pottery; glaze (coating by location)

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