Collection Highlights
Receipted bill, John Vernon to Benjamin White
Date:
1794
Object Number:
MSS.3
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Set of six plates
Object Number:
1942.409r-w
Medium:
Whiteware
Dimensions:
Overall: 3/4 x 4 7/8 in. ( 1.9 x 12.4 cm )
Marks:
impressed: on base of plates: circular "Davenport" with anchor; "LSA"
Description:
Molded whiteware plates painted with underglaze blue border patterns of open lozenges, three deep on white ground.
Gallery Label:
This type of whiteware was also known as ironstone.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Edna H. Robertson
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
