Child's Bread-and-Butter Plate
MakerMade by
William Adams & Sons
(English, 1819 - 1865)
Original OwnerOriginally owned by
Sophronia Palmer
(American, 1799 - 1866)
Original OwnerOriginally owned by
Elsie Boardman Reynolds
(American, 1879 - 1962)
Dateabout 1840-1850
MediumMechanically-molded ironstone
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (diameter): 4 1/8in. (10.5cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of the estate of Elsie B. Reynolds
Object number1962.47.1.16-.21
DescriptionGroup of six, round, small, white ironstone bread-and-butter plates with a 14-sided edge and fluted rim with four medium blue sprigg-molded designs. The plates are part of a child's tea service, of which twenty-one pieces survive: a teapot, a cream pitcher, a sugar, five cups, six saucers, and six bread-and-butter plates. Each piece in the set is decorated with four or six medium blue sprig-molded designs of fine detail, alternating between two vines twisted together with clusters of grapes and a single vine with a cluster of grapes. The bottom of each saucer in the group is impressed with the mark "GRANITE WA&S", and the bottom of the bread-and-butter plates is marked "ADAMS".
Status
Not on view
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