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Dessert Plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1900

GUSN

GUSN-64048

Description

Square dessert plates with “folded over” molded effects at corners. Transfer printed and hand painted decoration (some Japanese influence). Scrolling leafy diaper reserves in aqua and lavender, with a naturalistic polychrome. Cornflower sprig emanating into the well. Each flanked by painted birds; birds in center of plate.
Printed marks for Haviland company.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dessert plates
porcelain
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
Orientalism
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Dessert
Porcelain
Bird
Orientalism
Plate, Dessert

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Haviland & Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

Limoges, France

Dimensions

8.75 (D) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.784.10

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