According to George Miller

Muffins: 		3-7 inches
Twiffler:		8 inches
Dinner Plate:	9 inches or greater
Platters:		Are elongated

The above mentioned sizes become standardized along with prices in the
late 18th to early 19th C.  They are eluded to in Miller's "War and
Pots" in Ceramics in America in America 2008. 

George should be able to give you more references.

Keith

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George Miller should weigh in on this.

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Hey Guys

Hist Arch 101 question, so please bear with me ...

Are there REALLY standardized dimensions (i.e., six inch vs. 7-inch 
or whatever) for dinnerware vessel forms, e.g., table plates, supper 
plates, twifflers, and muffins, etc.  Do these descriptors apply to 
1820-1860 assemblages? And can somebody give me a readily accessible 
reference to where this is laid out?

Thanks in advance.

Mark
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