Platter
By using the process of transfer printing, in which a medium printed with decorative motifs is impressed on the biscuit body of an object before firing, Willets and other Trenton firms strove to emulate the plethora of English transfer-printed dinner services in the Aesthetic style.
Artwork Details
- Title: Platter
- Maker: Willets Manufacturing Company (1879–1908)
- Date: 1883–85
- Geography: Made in Trenton, New Jersey, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Earthenware
- Dimensions: 10 x 16 in. (25.4 x 40.6 cm)
- Credit Line: Purchase, David Scott Parker Gift, 2005
- Object Number: 2005.452
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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