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Body in the shape of fleur-des-lys; royal blue overglaze enamel field with gilt dragon motif and gilt edges.
dishes (vessels)
creamware
enameling
gilding
overglazing
figure- and animal-derived motifs
fleur-de-lis (motifs)
Creamware
Overglazed
Enameled
Gilded
Fleur-de-Lis
Dragon
DISH
In gilt script on back is ""Fountainebleau"" (decoration or pattern name?); impressed mark obscured, possibly ""1901"".
Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),
Unknown
0.5 x 6 x 4.25 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Ralph May
1971.1371
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