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Dessert plates

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1815-1825

GUSN

GUSN-241811

Description

Forty-three porcelain dessert plates with mauve and gold bands surrounding a gold medallion.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dessert plates
porcelain
glazing (coating)
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Dessert
Plate, Dessert

Associated Person

Norton, Catherine Eliot

Associated Building

Used At Shady Hill,

Maker

Possibly Sevres Porcelain Manufactory

Dimensions

1 (H), 8 3/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Susan Norton

Accession Number

1990.156.1-.43

Places

Cambridge (Middlesex county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)

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