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Plate

Object Name:
Plate
Object ID:
1967.047.13
Creator:
Podmore, Walker & CompanyManufacturer
Place of Origin:
Tunstall, Staffordshire, England
Date:
1834-1859
Description:
Plate. White earthenware, with clear glaze, enamel hand bird sitting on a branch done in yellow, green, red and black, and blue spatterware decoration overall on the front. Twelve-sided body with slightly upturned brim and shallow base rim. Impressed on bottom in upper case letters: "PEARL STONE / WARE / P [W] &CO".
Material:
Ceramic
Earthenware
Dimensions:
H-1 Dia-8.4 inches
Provenance:
Part of a large collection of Shaker items and decorative arts items from the Rock-Millen families of Sullivan and Grafton Counties, NH. This piece may have belonged to the donor's grandparents, Mary Trumbull Pelton (1824-; b. Lyme, NH) and Anthony Rock, who resided in Hanover and Lebanon, NH.
Credit Line:
Gift of Ethel Rock Millen
Subjects:
Dining, Birds
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