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Collection Record Detail
Object Name
Dish
Object Number
2016-52-38
Description
Glazed earthenware dish used as a toy or play teaware. White ceramic with blue transfer-printed decoration. Dish features an image of four children seated by a large urn which holds a cluster of flowers and plants. There is a castle visible to the far right and a boat to the far left. Around the rim is a border of geometric designs adorned with flowers and acanthus leaves. Scalloped edge.
Provenance
Belonged to Margaret Sargent Fisher, wife of Samuel H. Fisher, who grew up in New Haven in the 1870s-1880s. Later displayed in Babbitt home.
Category
Date Made
c.1880
Dimensions
Diameter 3.875"
Materials
Social Tags (experimental)
