Plate from Zilpah Wadsworth's dinner set
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Item 17023
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Description
Plate of pearlware with transfer print of bridge and castle scene decoration in blue from Zilpah Wadsworth's dinner set.
The set was thought to have been given to Zilpah Wadsworth on her marriage to Stephen Longfellow in 1804.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow described the "willow pattern" in the plate in his poem "Keramos."
Other Information
- Title: Plate from Zilpah Wadsworth's dinner set
- Creator: Henshall and Company, Staffordshire, England
- Creation Date: circa 1800
- Subject Date: 1804
- Town: Portland
- County: Cumberland
- State: ME
- Media: Porcelain
- Dimensions (cm): 2 x 19
- Local Code: A85-1-D
- Object Type: Physical Object
For more information about this item, contact:
Maine Historical Society
489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822
http://www.mainehistory.org
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LC Subject Headings
Wedding gifts
Wadsworth-Longfellow House (Portland, Me.)
Gifts
Longfellow, Stephen, 1776-1849--Marriage
Longfellow, Zilpah Wadsworth, 1778-1851--Associated objects
Plates (Tableware)
People
Zilpah Wadsworth Longfellow Stephen Longfellow Zilpah Wadsworth Longfellow Stephen Longfellow
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