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Caption

American. Plate, ca. 1770. Glazed earthenware, 7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (2.2 x 25.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, H. Randolph Lever Fund, 65.144.4. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

American

Title

Plate

Date

ca. 1770

Geography

Place manufactured: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium

Glazed earthenware

Classification

Ceramic

Dimensions

7/8 x 9 7/8 in. (2.2 x 25.1 cm)

Signatures

no signature

Inscriptions

no inscriptiions

Markings

A paper label glued to the underside, has inked inscription: "From Uncle Peter Underwood/on his 90th birthday/November 28, 1903./Plate 200 years old." Label made in 1903.

Credit Line

H. Randolph Lever Fund

Accession Number

65.144.4

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