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Commemorative Plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1850-1899

GUSN

GUSN-63937

Description

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.

Details

Descriptive Terms

plates (dishes)
commemoratives
gilding
porcelain
Commemorative
Plate, Commemorative
Porcelain
Gilded
Plate, Commemorative

Associated Person

Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774

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

Dimensions

9.875 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.722

Related Items

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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