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)
plates (dishes)
commemoratives
gilding
porcelain
musical instruments
Commemorative
Plate, Commemorative
Porcelain
Gilded
Musical Instrument
Plate, Commemorative
Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643
Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),
Sevres (Maker)
Morion (Artist)
Chateau Des Tuileries (Maker)
Sevres, France; France; Paris, France
Gift of Margaret Carson Holt
1970.721
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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