dinner plate
Summary
Three dinner plates, each with broad deep circular well and flat octagonal rim with milled edge. Fourth plate with plain octagonal rim. Cream coloured body sponged with manganese brown oxide bleeding into rich lead-glaze, resulting in mottled dark brown and cream pattern, swirled and pooled in plate well. Mottled brown decoration to underside.
Object Name
dinner plate
Date Created
c 1770=1780
Dimensions
plate: 2cm x 23.4cm
plate: 2.1cm x 23.5cm
plate: 2.2cm x 23.6cm
plate: 2.4cm x 23.6cm
accession number
1923.628/4
Collection Group
Place of creation
Staffordshire
Medium
Credit
Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg
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