Plate

Dateca. 1810

Artist/Maker Thomas Lakin

OriginEngland, Leeds or Staffordshire

MediumLead-glazed earthenware (cream-colored earthenware / creamware / Drab Porcelain)

DimensionsOH: 3/4" OD: 8 1/4"

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Eleanor R. Leon

Object number1989-118

DescriptionPlate: creamware plate of circular shape with slight ogee rim; "drab" ground decorated with central scene painted in black, grey, and white of an early church amidst trees. At the rim is a white band between two narrow gilt bands. The words "Drab Porcelain" are impressed on the reverse.
MarkingsImpressed "Drab Porcelain" on the reverse.
ProvenanceMrs. Eleanor Leon, Kent, Connecticut