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Commemorative Plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1850-1899

GUSN

GUSN-63936

Description

White porcelain body. Scalloped and lobed edge. Wide rim with cream colored ground with pink edge with gilt border decoration of scrolled reserves and meandering floral vine. Circular well with pink border and gilt floral borders. Hand painted bust length portrait of King Louis VIII of France.
Marks (See companion plates: 1970.719-.722)

Details

Descriptive Terms

plates (dishes)
commemoratives
gilding
porcelain
musical instruments
Commemorative
Plate, Commemorative
Porcelain
Gilded
Musical Instrument
Plate, Commemorative

Associated Person

Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Sevres (Maker)
Morion (Artist)
Chateau Des Tuileries (Maker)

Location of Origin

Sevres, France; France; Paris, France

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.721

Related Items

Title Commemorative Plate Accession Number 1970.719
Title Commemorative Plate Accession Number 1970.720
Title Commemorative Plate Accession Number 1970.722

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