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"Silver Pine" plate

Manufactured by: Franciscan Division, Gladding, McBean & Co. (active 1875–1984)
American
about 1955
Object Place: Glendale, California

Medium/Technique Earthenware with white and bluish-green glaze
Dimensions Overall: 2.7 x 26.7 cm (1 1/16 x 10 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Brett Angell
Accession Number2005.252
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryEarthenware

Description"Encanto" shape, "Silver Pine" pattern; round plate with bluish-green glaze on top; cream glaze on underside; silver stripe on rim; decoration on top: stylized pine needle bunches, one silver, two green and three white pine cones.
Marks Stamped on base in gray:
"Franciscan Fine China/ MADE IN CALIFORNIA U.S.A." in an oval with an image of a Spanish mission on top. Beneath oval: "GLADDING, MCBEAN & CO/ ["c" in circle] ["R" in circle]"

Beneath in magenta:
SILVER PINE
ProvenanceBrett Angell; gift to MFA 2005.