On View
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Date1760-1780
Terms
- Plates
- Ceramic
- Staffordshire
Dimensions2 × 23.6 cm (13/16 × 9 5/16 in.)
MarkingsTag removed from bottom: "S2".
Object numberC605
DescriptionEarthenware, soft paste. "Tortoise-shell". Whieldon school. Cream color paste. Lead glaze. Beaded, scalloped edge. Brown and green lead glaze were allowed to blend and run together while wet, resulting in "tortoise shell" look.
Object number: Per1137.2
Object number: Per1137.2a