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Plate

Object Name:
Plate
Object ID:
2017.014.044.06
Place of Origin:
England
Date:
1820-1830
Description:
Plate, earthenware. One of a set of 12 identical plates. Round white plate, with raised sides and flat 1" rim. Decorated with raised floral and shell copper/pink lustre pattern on rim, and painted stylized flowers in center. No marks on back. Part of a 28-piece hand-painted tea set that belonged to Mary Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton, NH.
Material:
Earthenware - Lustre
Dimensions:
H-0.7 Dia-7.5 inches
Provenance:
Part of the Ethel Cilley Stone Collection, consisting of objects, documents, photographs, and memorabilia related to James Stone (1780-1874) and his wife Mary East Beard Stone (1791-1875) of Dunbarton; their son Captain Andrew J. Stone (1828-1864) of Dunbarton, California, etc.; Wesley Page Stone (1833-1916) and his wife Alice Patten Cilley (1849-1934) of Dunbarton; and their daughter, schoolteacher and family historian Ethel Cilley Stone (1884-1981) of Dunbarton and Goffstown.

The collection descended to Ethel Cilley Stone. After her death, the bulk of her estate passed to her minister, Rev. Graham T. Rowley (1932-2012) of Goffstown, then to his children, the donors.
Subjects:
Flowers, Porcelain
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