Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1957.065.01.09
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- 1693
- Description:
- Plate. White tin-glazed earthenware. Circular body with straight, tapered sides and flat foot. "A / R S / 1693" written in block letters in blue glaze under crown; framed by two winged griffins, scrolls with human face, swags, and tassels painted in blue on upper quadrant of front.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Tin-glazed - Dimensions:
- H-1 Dia-8.6 inches
- Provenance:
- From the Prentis Collection -- given by Katharine Prentis Murphy and her brother Edmund Astley Prentis, in memory of Katharine's husband, David Edward Murphy -- which formed the contents of a suite of early New England "period rooms," meant to represent the home of a prosperous New England merchant c. 1730. The rooms were exhibited at the New Hampshire Historical Society (30 Park Street), 1957-1983.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy and Edmund Astley Prentis Jr., in Memory of David Edward Murphy
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