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Dessert plate

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1790-1800

GUSN

GUSN-188228

Description

Dessert plate with gilt decoration and blue diamond patterned band with spearhead border. Blue and metallic gold hand-painted "AQ" monogram in shield.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dessert plates
porcelain
Chinoiserie
Plate, Dessert

Inscription

"AQ" (Script monogram in gold)

Associated Person

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

Associated Building

Josiah Quincy House (Quincy, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

8.2
EQ6

People and Organizations

Metropolitan Moving & Storage

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Estate of Edmund Quincy

Accession Number

2009.5.2.20

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