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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.