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Serving tray

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1891-1914

GUSN

GUSN-180570

Description

Porcelain divided tray. White base decorated with flowers in many colors and highlights in gilt. Tray divided into five compartments, one round central compartment surrounded by four sections. Two opposite of the outer sections have a flat extension that serves as a handle.

Details

Descriptive Terms

trays
porcelain
Tray, Serving

Inscription

"RK / Dresden / GERMANY" (Blue mark with crown above, R is reversed back-to-babk with K, Dresed is in script)
"Bavaria." (Blue text on Gold backgound)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Maker

Karl Richard Klemm (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Dresden, Germany

Dimensions

1 x 11 5/8 x 10 1/4 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.3036.13

Places

Saxony (Germany)
Dresden (Dresden district, Saxony, Germany)

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