Platter

Object/Artifact

Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Platter

Entry/Object ID

GHS 293

Description

Long rectangular earthenware platter with wide dented rim with seashell motif and harbour and mountain scene with colorless glaze. Marks: on base rim - "CASTLE GARDEN BATTERY / NEW YORK / 30"; stamped in base - "16 / 0000"

Made/Created

Place

* Untyped Place

Staffordshire, England

Dimensions

Height

6-3/4 in

Width

6-1/2 in

Depth

13 in

Material

Earthenware

Provenance

Notes

GHS Catalogue: One large meal platter used in the Wellreistine(?) family for the lazt century in Germantown. Object donated by Mrs. H. Wellreistine(?).