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Dessert plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

ca. 1760

GUSN

GUSN-172885

Description

Armorial porcelain dessert plate with a white body and painted blue and gold decoration of dots and foliage bunches, coat-of-arms features two birds holding a branch enclosed within three circles of dots, lines and swags.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dessert plates
porcelain
Chinese export
armorial (porcelain style)
Plate, Dessert

Inscription

"Mrs. S. H. Phillips" (handwritten)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

FD115

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7/8 (H), 7 5/8 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1846.7

Places

China

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