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On Display: House - Hardenbergh Parlor
Plate (Dinner plate)
1740-1760
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Museum Object Number
1978.0029
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Charles E. Merrill Trust for the Purchase of English Objects
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Object Number
1978.0029
Object Name
Plate (Dinner plate)
Category
Ceramics
Place of Origin
England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1740-1760
Materials
- Earthenware (delftware, faience)
- Tin glaze
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
1.024 (H) x 8.661 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
2.6 (H) x 22 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Noel Hume, Ivor. Pottery and Porcelain in Colonial Williamsburg's Archaeological Collections. 2.
• Excavated squirrel & bracket delft plate: p. 13, fig. 5, blue & white, from Anthony Hay's cabinet shop site, Williamsburg, VABook: Noel Hume, Ivor. 2001 If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 200 Years of British Household Pottery.
• English delft plates and bowl with squirrel and bracket motifs in blue and white: pp. 188-190, several variations, including excavated fragments from Williamsburg VA.Book: Noel Hume, Ivor. 2001 If These Pots Could Talk: Collecting 200 Years of British Household Pottery.
• English delft dish with somewhat similar "rat and vine" motifs in blue and white: p. 189, fig. IX.9 b-cBook: Austin, John C. 1994 British Delft at Williamsburg.
• Excavated (Williamsburg VA) plate fragments with bracket motif in blue and white: pp. 154-55, no. 242, from James Geddy Workshop and Kitchen, William Finney House, and Wetherburn's Tavern