Plate
Dateca. 1765
OriginEngland, Staffordshire
MediumLead-glazed earthenware (tortoiseshell-colored earthenware / creamware)
DimensionsOH: 3/4"; OD: 9 1/2".
Credit LineGift of James S. Lawrence
Object number2023-43
DescriptionTortoiseshell-colored creamware plate: circular plate with scalloped rim, the edge molded with leafy C-scrolls and a crosshatch basket weave interrupted by four sets of two inward pointing thistles flanking an outward pointing acanthus leaf (Kuettner P1 in Skerry and Hood Salt-glazed Stoneware in Early America). The entire plate covered in mottled colors green, grey, brown, yellow, and orange under a lead-glaze.Inscription(s)NoneMark(s)NoneProvenanceEx coll.: James S. Lawrence
