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Culture:American
Title:loaf dish
Date Made:ca. 1840
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: lead-glazed earthenware (redware); white slip decoration
Place Made:United States; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia (possibly)
Measurements:Overall: 3 5/8 in x 17 5/8 in x 12 1/4 in; 9.2 cm x 44.8 cm x 31.1 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2013.7.22
Credit Line:William T. Brandon Memorial Collection of American Redware and Ceramics
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield
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Description:
Large, drape molded, oblong loaf dish, oval in shape with deep sides, coggled rim, and smoothed, unglazed back of dish; the well of the dish is decorated with white slip using a three chamber slip cup, the borders have squiggled lines, the interior has three repeating motifs of three lines (a plume?) and three dots at the top and bottom; and in the center is a three line hill and valley motif; on the reverse in ink is the inscription: "Col. Dec. 1914/ Philadelphia/ Penna?" Presumed to be a part of the Burton N. Gates Collection. Condition: edge chips and small cracks, lots of scratches on the interior glaze, Origin: Pennsylvania, c. 1840.

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