Shape Type: Dinner & Dessert Wares

Pattern Type: Landscapes and Waterscapes

Date: 1884-1892

Dimensions:

  • Diameter: 9.50 in (24.13 cm)

Maker: William Brownfield & Sons

Maker's Mark:

Printed

Description:

An earthenware plate printed in multiple colors with a waterscape pattern, one of several different center patterns all produced with the name Wisconsin.  The Brownfield & Sons ad in the Pottery Gazette 1884 featured the Wisconsin pattern on a plain jug shape. One-color and multicolor versions--some with painted colors added--of this design were produced.  A printed and painted version on a cup and saucer  is documented in the TCC Pattern and Source Print Database with the pattern number 9869. 

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