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1850-1860
GUSN-63912
One of a set of two dessert plates with a deep circular well, wide magenta band, and exterior diaper decoration. The central monogram has been replaced with painted strawberries.
French export porcelain dinner service with pattern of fruit, birds, and diaper and scroll designs around HCB monogram. Two serving plates, five tureens, three saucers, five platters, sixteen soup plates, seventeen dinner plates, fifteen dessert plates, nineteen other plates, one pitcher, two vegetable dishes, five serving dishes, one gravy boat, eighteen nappy dishes, ten cups and ten saucers, two compotes, two chargers, five dessert bowls, and one other bowl.
dessert plates
porcelain
berry
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Dessert
Porcelain
Strawberry
Plate, Dessert
Unknown
8 3/4 (D) (inches)
Gift of Margaret Carson Holt
1970.464.1
Title Dessert Plate Accession Number 1970.464.2
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