Blue and White English Commemorative Bradford Academy Plate

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Blue and White English Mason's Ironstone Plate as a Commemorative for the Bradford Academy and sold by Chas Emerson & … Read more Blue and White English Mason's Ironstone Plate as a Commemorative for the Bradford Academy and sold by Chas Emerson & Sons" of Haverhill, Massachusetts

Central image of the college is surrounded by a flurry of birds with the outer rim wrapped with a variety of floral sprays. Outer edge is enhanced by a scalloped rim of gold.

Bradford College was a college in the part of Haverhill, Massachusetts, that was once the town of Bradford. Founded in 1803, Bradford College began as Bradford Academy, one of the earliest coeducational institutions in New England. In 1836, Bradford began educating women exclusively.

The backstamp indicates the piece was made in England and was sold by "Chas Emerson & Sons" of Haverhill, Massachusetts.
Mason's Ironstone was first patented by Charles Mason in England around 1813 See less