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Soup plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

GUSN

GUSN-36315

Description

Soup plate with thin bands of mustard-colored scrolls on the edge and a border of roses. At the center are flowers entwined on a Chinese trellis, flowers, urns, vases and flowers around Chinese trelliswork.

Details

Descriptive Terms

soup plates
earthenware
glazing (coating)
overglazing
transfer printing
Chinoiserie
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Soup
Plate, Soup

Inscription

On bottom: Printed: ""Chinese Tree"" Impressed: diamond in circle (date mark) and ""D"" [other illeg. impressions] Painted: ""6880""

Pattern

Chinese Tree

Maker

Minton (Maker)

Location of Origin

Stoke-on-Trent, England, Staffordshire

Dimensions

10 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Isabel Fiske Conant

Accession Number

1933.2012

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