fbpx

Dinner plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1830-1850

GUSN

GUSN-3753

Description

Porcelain, enameled plate. Border on a gold ground, green tendrils and rose-colored tree peonies in a foliate design with scrolled reserves of birds and flowers; octagonal band of daisies forming border in center around scene of five figures gathered around a table; the whole (octagonal scene) surrounded by a ring of eight flower, scroll and book groupings.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dinner plates
porcelain
enameling
hand-painted
underglazing
Chinese export
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Dinner
Plate, Dinner

Associated Building

Lakeman-Johnson House Main House,

Additional Identification Number

L-J

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

China

Dimensions

9 3/4 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Arthur Johnson

Accession Number

1947.800.1

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].