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1998.69.0.17
Bread-and-butter Plates
1998.69.0.17

Bread-and-butter Plates

Maker (English, 1895 - present)
Retailer (American, founded 1847)
Date1961-1962
MediumMechanically-molded cream-colored earthenware with underglaze red decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (diameter): 6 1/8in. (15.6cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of Marie P. Coburn
DescriptionGroup of six cream-colored earthenware bread-and-butter plates, a type of ceramic known as creamware. These plates are part of a larger group of tea and dinner wares consisting of one creamer (.1), a lidded sugar bowl (.2a-b), four teacups (.3-.6), six saucers (.7-.12), six bread-and-butter plates (.13-.18), seven dinner plates (.19-.25) and six smaller plates (.26-.31). The group of tea and dinner wares is decorated with the same red, underglaze, transfer-printed elements, generally a pattern and border. The pattern consists of a branch containing several of the same kind of flower, the mountain laurel. The border consists of a trailing vine with leaves, interrupted periodically by a cluster of five of these same flowers. Various ceramics in the set are decorated with a shield containing three vines on three trellises.

Each of the six round bread-and-butter plates has a narrow undulating rim. Each is decorated in the center with the pattern of flowers, and is surrounded by the flower and vine border at the rim. At the top of the rim, the border is interrupted by a shield containing three grapevines. At the bottom of the rim, the border is interrupted by a shield containing the top of a Gothic-style tower.

The surface of the each bread-and-butter plate is lightly scratched. Plate (.13) has one small chip in the rim. Plate (.14) has three chips in the rim. Plate (.15) has one chip in the rim. Plate (.17) has one chip on the underside of the rim.
Object number1998.69.0.13-.18
NotesSubject Note: The flower printed in the pattern and border on this set of creamware is the mountain laurel, the state flower of Connecticut. The shield containing three grapevines is the emblem of the State of Connecticut. The tower pictured in the shield on the bottom of the rim may be Harkness Tower at Yale University.
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Creamer
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.
1962
1998.69.0.22
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.
1962
1998.69.0.26
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.
1962
1998.69.0.4
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.
1962
Lidded Sugar Bowl
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.
1962
1998.69.0.8
Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd.
1962
Child's Teapot
William Adams & Sons
about 1840-1850
Child's Saucers
William Adams & Sons
about 1840-1850
Child's Bread-and-Butter Plate
William Adams & Sons
about 1840-1850
Child's Teacups
William Adams & Sons
about 1840-1850
1945.1.1396.22
Unknown
1800-1810
Tea Bowl
William Adams & Sons
about 1840-1850