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Dinner plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

18th century

GUSN

GUSN-173190

Description

Porcelain dinner plate with painted blue and white decoration with a central scene comprising of a table, scrolls, vase and other emblems surrounded by a border of four floral sprays on rim, gilding on edge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dinner plates
porcelain
Chinese export
Plate, Dinner

Inscription

"Nankin Plate / cp. %xeach / SP.S.x.x"

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.1914

Places

China

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