A light blue transfer-printed rim sherd from a flatware vessel, likely a large plate. The surface decoration uses a repeating floral and leaf border alternating with starbursts. This rim likely originates from a vessel adorned with a variation of the "Isola Belle" pattern created by William Adams IV & Sons of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire between 1829 and 1861. Meaning "beautiful island" the title probably referred to an area in Lake Maggiore, Italy or Taormina in Sicily.
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Object number
460.376
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Date made
1850 - 1861
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Decoration
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Color
Blue, Light
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Animals/objects
Plate
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Patterns
Printed, Line and Stipple
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Category
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Class
Ceramic
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Functions
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Material
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Context
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Forms
Rim
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Ware types
Whiteware
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Techniques
Press Molded