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Plate, "Natural Bridge, Virginia"

Maker: Enoch Wood and Sons, 1819-1846
Medium: Earthenware
Place Made: Burslem, Staffordshire, England
Dates: ca. 1840
Dimensions: 9 3/16 x 9 3/16 in. (23.3 x 23.3 cm)
Markings: Base printed with spray of flowers and foliage and the legend: "NATURAL BRIDGE / VIRGINIA / E W & S / CELTIC CHINA"; also black numeral "10"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in American Identities: A New Look, American Landscape/Colony to Nation, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 72.184.11
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Ben P. Grant in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Fleming Payne
Image: Overall, 72.184.11_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Earthenware plate, gray and white transfer-printed. In center, scene of the Natural Bridge, Virginia, within a border of fruit and flowers around rim. Condition: Good.

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