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American Modern dinner plate

(American, 1904–1976)
(active 1879–1959)
designed 1937; made 1939–59
Object PlaceSteubenville, Ohio
Medium/TechniqueWhiteware with coral glaze
DimensionsOverall: 1.3 x 25.4 cm (1/2 x 10 in.)
Credit LineGift of Barbara McLean Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward
Accession number2005.1179
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
ProvenancePurchased in 2004 by the donors at a yard sale in Portsmouth, NH; to MFA, 2005, gift of Barbara McLean Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.
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