Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1957.064
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Date:
- circa 1770
- Description:
- Plate. Creamware earthenware. Round plate with deep bowl and narrow brim. Transfer-printed in red/brown, image of a spread eagle with shield, "E. PLURIBUS UNUM." on ribbon in beak, olive branch in left claw, and arrows in right claw. Same red/brown border around edge. Handwritten on reverse: "Mrs. Abigail [(Rounds) Irish] / bought __[5 of 7]1". Adhesive tape label with donor information on bottom.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Earthenware - Dimensions:
- H-1.1 Dia-9.7 inches
- Provenance:
- Accession record reads, "Belonged to Abigail Rounds Urish Gorham, Maine." However, this is more likely to be Abigail Frost Rounds (1784-1863), who married Daniel Irish (1789-1829) in 1812; they resided in Gorham, Maine. Both the Rounds and the Irish families had been in the area of Maine that includes Buxton and Gorham for several generations.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- Subjects:
- Eagle
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