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Soup plate

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1790-1800

GUSN

GUSN-188221

Description

Soup plate with gilt decoration and blue transfer-printed diamond patterned band with spearhead border. Handpainted blue and metallic gold "AQ" monogram in shield.

Details

Descriptive Terms

soup plates
porcelain
Chinoiserie
Plate, Soup

Inscription

"AQ" (Script monogram in gold)

Associated Person

Quincy, Edmund, 1903-1997
Quincy, Abigail Phillips, 1745-1798

Associated Building

Josiah Quincy House (Quincy, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

8.2
EQ5

People and Organizations

Metropolitan Moving & Storage

Quincy, Edmund, 1903-1997
Quincy, Abigail Phillips, 1745-1798

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9 3/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Estate of Edmund Quincy

Accession Number

2009.5.2.13

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