Artist:American
Medium: Glazed earthenware
Geograhical Locations:
Dates:ca. 1770
Dimensions: 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (2.2 x 25.1 cm)
Collections:
Accession Number: 65.144.4
Image: 65.144.4_front_PS9.jpg,
Catalogue Description: Plate, glazed earthenware, "tortoise-shell ware". Multicolored glaze consisting of splotches of green, brown, and yellow on cream ground. Plate with scalloped rim; entire surface is impressed with diaper work, leafy swags, and cartouches, with central circular area outlined with slight ridge, the disk-like central area being impressed with a basket-weave like pattern. The cartouches are outlined in green glaze; the leafy swags in yellow and green alternating with brown. Splotch in center is green and yellow. Condition: Good. Normal ware. A few surface scratches in glaze.