White porcelain body, scalloped and lobed edge. Wide rim with pink border with shaped gilt scrolling and floral vines. Three floral reserves alternating feathered edge. Pink and gilt cavetto border. Interior well with bust length portrait of King Louis XV of France. Marks: See companion plates 1970.719-.721.
plates (dishes)
commemoratives
gilding
porcelain
Commemorative
Plate, Commemorative
Porcelain
Gilded
Plate, Commemorative
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),
Sevres (Maker)
Morion (Artist)
Chateau Des Tuileries (Maker)
Sevres, France; France; Paris, France
9.875 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Margaret Carson Holt
1970.722
Title Commemorative Plate Accession Number 1970.719
Title Commemorative Plate Accession Number 1970.720
Title Commemorative Plate Accession Number 1970.721
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