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Plate

Dateca. 1805

OriginEngland, Staffordshire

MediumRefined red earthenware (lusterware)

DimensionsOH: 3/4"; ODiam.: 8 1/4"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number2024-6,1

DescriptionPlate or plaque: press-molded plaque of a silver plate shape with royal rim of five panels or segments and a plain beaded edge; the center of one with a raised three-quarter portrait of a monarch, possibly King Charles II or George III. The reverse with hollow impression from the raised decoration.
Provenance1951-1961, Mr. and Mrs. James MacHarg (England); November 9, 2023 [David and Teresa Kurau, Lampeter, PA]; January 25, 2024 - present, purchased by The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA)