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Plate, Dinner

Object Name:
Plate, Dinner
Object ID:
1963.028.15
Creator:
Podmore, Walker & Company
Place of Origin:
Tunstall, Staffordshire, England
Date:
1834-1859
Description:
Plate. Made by Podmore, Walker & Company; Tunstall, Staffordshire, England. "Manilla" pattern. "Flow blue" transfer printed earthenware. Twelve-sided plate with circular cavetto and upward flaring, ribbed, slightly concave rim. Cross-hatched band with floral reserves on inner surface of rim within which is a border of alternating pagodas and floral motifs. Oriental river scene as central design encircled by band similar to that at rim. Three sections of floral ornament on exterior surface of rim. Printed mark on bottom: "Manilla / PW & Co / Ironstone" in stylized pagoda label. Impressed mark: "Stoneware / PW & Co". in semi-circle.
Material:
Ceramic
Earthenware
Dimensions:
H-1.2 Dia-9.6 inches
Provenance:
Part of a dinner service, that according to oral tradition, was originally owned by Daniel Webster (1782-1852). The service was later owned by Harry M. Morse (1857-1924), a Littleton, NH attorney. It was next owned by John R. Morron (1867-1950), a collector of Webster memorabilia, who bequeathed it to his step-son, Lowell R. Burch (1887-1962) and his wife, Katherine W. Burch (1895-1962) of New York City, Niantic, CT, and Littleton, NH. It then passed to their daughter, Catherine B. Symmes (1918-1996). The set was donated to the New Hampshire Historical Society by Catherine B. Symmes, at the request of her mother, Katherine W. Burch.
Credit Line:
Gift of Catherine B. Symmes
Subjects:
Pagodas, Dining
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