This Liberty Eagle plate is created employing hand tools and techniques used by the Pennsylvania German potters in the 18th through 19th centuries.  It was crafted in a Pennsylvania stone house built before the American Revolution.
 
10" diameter, 1 1/4" deep. Gift boxed.   
 
Clay has particles that may be seen.

The clay was rolled flat with a rolling pin, and cut with a circle cutter.  Then the clay was laid over a bisque mold (drape molded) until leather-hard (stiff but not dry).  White liquid clay (slip) was painted over the surface of the red earthenware clay to create 2 layers. The design was created using the sgraffito method of scratching through the white slip to reveal the red clay beneath.  After drying , it was fired in an electric kiln.  The back is unglazed following the traditions of the early Pennsylvania German potters.