One shell-edged pearlware soup plate with a black overglaze transfer printed image of "Columbia", a figure often used to represent America after the revolution, holding a laurel branch above her head and a stars-and-stripe shield. The printed pattern shows the figure standing behind an eagle and another shield with stars and stripes in the foreground and a large pyramid tomb in the background which reads "Sacred to the memory of Washington". The central pattern is encircled with a border of stars. The plate consists of twelve sherds that mend.
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Object number
1.1489, 1.1490, 1.1491, 1.1492, 1.1493, 1.1494, 1.1495, 1.1496, 1.1497, 1.1498, 1.1499, 1.1500
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Date made
Post 1799
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Decoration
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Color
Black
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Animals/objects
Plate, Soup
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Patterns
Military/Patriotic
Columbia
Shell-Edge Rim
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Category
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Class
Ceramic
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Functions
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Context
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Forms
Base/Body
