Plate
Dateca. 1790
OriginEngland, Staffordshire
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (pearlware / china glaze)
DimensionsOD: 9 3/4"; OH: 15/16".
Credit LineGift of Beatrix T. Rumford
Object number2020-58
DescriptionPlate: lead-glazed refined earthenware plate (pearlware) decorated in polychrome enamels of pink, red, and green; painted with a diaper border on the rim interrupted by eight reserves alternating between large and small, each painted with leafy floral sprigs; the cavetto painted with a scalloped and plain line encircling a leafy central rose; the reverse of the dish undecorated; no footring; evidence of three stilt marks on the underside of the rim.
