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Sandwich Plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1891-1915

GUSN

GUSN-4346

Description

Circular form with shallow well; white glazed body with blue transfer print; "Willow" pattern; three pagodas with three men on bridge and two birds at top; quartered diaper pattern cavetto border; diaper rim with Greek key-like elements with scrolled reserves, tortoise shell border; foot ring.

Details

Descriptive Terms

plates (dishes)
diaper patterns
diaper (textile material)
earthenware
vitrification
diaper patterns
diaper (textile material)
key pattern
willow (wood)
Earthenware
Semi-Vitrified
Staffordshire
Willow
Pagoda
Greek Key
Diaper
PLATE

Inscription

Marked: ""Engraved/for/W. Ridgway & Co.,/ 1832 impressed 10/ 25""

Pattern

Willow

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

William Ridgway & Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Shelton and Hanley, England, Staffordshire; Hanley, England, Staffordshire

Dimensions

7.875 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.643.1

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