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Plate

Probably Eastern Pennsylvania

1820-1875

Measurements

1-3/4 in x 10-1/4 in (dia)

Materials

Glazed and slip-decorated red earthenware

Credit Line

Historic Odessa Foundation, gift of H. Rodney Sharp

Accession Number

1959.3880

Condition Notes

The inside of the rim has two areas of glaze loss.  The inside bottom of the bowl has some chips and losses.   

Provenance

Ex coll. H. Rodney Sharp

Comments

The plate has a coggle-decorated rim and five lines of slip decoration, more or less parallel, across the shallow body.  Each decorative motif was made with a slip cup having four quills through which flowed the liquified yellow clay, or slip.