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Dinner plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1750

GUSN

GUSN-172816

Description

Porcelain dinner plate with painted polychrome decoration consisting of a central design of two birds and flowers surrounded by a white flower and curlicue design, brown and gold flowers and foliage, and a pink band at outer edge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dinner plates
porcelain
Chinese export
famille rose
Plate, Dinner

Inscription

"French Rose" (Label is ripped and text is illegible)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

FD122

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1 1/4 (H), 9 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1904

Places

China

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