Plate

1820-1875

Measurements

2-3/8 in x 12-1/2 in (dia)

Materials

Glazed and slip-decorated red earthenware (redware)

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of H. Rodney Sharp

Accession Number

1959.3879

Condition Notes

The glaze has darkened and exhibits wear in many places.  The rim is worn.

Provenance

Ex coll. H. Rodney Sharp

Comments

This shallow plate has free-hand strips of yellow slip applied to create the sides of a square that encloses a central 8-pointed star device.  This decoration is unusual and, combined with the absence of a coggled plate edge, suggests that the plate was probably made outside of Pennsylvania, a common source of slip-decorated redware plates.