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White porcelain body. Scalloped and lobed edge. Wide rim with cream colored ground with three floral reserves alternating with aqua reserves with gilt decoration of musical instruments. Heavy gilt accents and floral borders throughout. Well with aqua border with polychrome bust-length portrait of King Louis XVI of France.
plates (dishes)
commemoratives
gilding
porcelain
musical instruments
Commemorative
Plate, Commemorative
Porcelain
Gilded
Musical Instrument
Plate, Commemorative
Chateau de Tuileries (ss intertwined)
S.37
Sevres/1844/crown/ss
Garde meuble des champs-elysses
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),
Sevres (Maker)
Morion (Artist)
Chateau Des Tuileries (Maker)
Sevres, France; France; Paris, France
Gift of Margaret Carson Holt
1970.720
Title Commemorative Plate Accession Number 1970.719
Title Commemorative Plate Accession Number 1970.721
Title Commemorative Plate Accession Number 1970.722
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