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Dinner plate

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1880-1900

GUSN

GUSN-171207

Description

Porcelain dinner plates with Chinese border design of pink peonies and green leaves, center scene of flowers in two red vases.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dinner plates
porcelain
Chinoiserie
Plate, Dinner

Inscription

"Minton/England/Wells Burrage Co./Boston" (Manufacturer's and retailer's stamp.)
"B820/t" (Painted)

Associated Person

Quincy, Edmund, 1903-1997

Associated Building

Associated With Josiah Quincy House (Quincy, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

8.1
EQ50

People and Organizations

Metropolitan Moving & Storage

Quincy, Edmund, 1903-1997

Maker

Minton (Manufacturer)
Wells-Burrage Co. (Retailer)

Location of Origin

Stoke-on-Trent, England

Dimensions

10 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Estate of Edmund Quincy

Accession Number

2009.5.1.5

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Stoke-on-Trent (Stoke-on-Trent, England, United Kingdom)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

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