Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1956.357
- Place of Origin:
- Staffordshire, England
- Date:
- 1790
- Description:
- Child's Plate. Pearlware. White body with red-brown transfer-print central design, and hand painted floral design along rim. Scalloped rim. Transfer print shows a child at the hand of a man in royalty, with text "I hope the time will come / when every poor Child in my / Dominions, will be able to read the Bible". Floral design done in yellow, green, red, and brown. Tape on reverse with donor information.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Pearl ware - Dimensions:
- H-0.9 Dia-7.25 inches
- Provenance:
- From the collection of Margaret H. Jewell. Miss Jewell was a collector of antiques in general, but children's decorative arts in particular.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
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