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Platter

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1795-1830

GUSN

GUSN-4657

Description

Hexagonal form with shallow well and broad flat rim; underglaze blue Willow pattern decoration of central landscape; scene surrounded by cross-hatched cavetto border; rim decoration with wide blue band with cross-hatched stars with scalloped line with Canton border.

Details

Descriptive Terms

platters
porcelain
underglazing
Canton (Chinese painting style)
willow (wood)
Porcelain
Underglazed
Willow
Canton
PLATTER

Pattern

Willow

Associated Building

Original to Sayward-Wheeler House (York Harbor, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

1.375 x 11.75 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.817

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