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Platter

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1850-1860

GUSN

GUSN-64383

Description

Oval platter with wide magenta band, scroll and diaper decoration, “HCB” monogram in the center.

French export porcelain dinner service with pattern of fruit, birds, and diaper and scroll designs around “HCB” monogram. Two serving plates, five tureens, three saucers, five platters, sixteen soup plates, seventeen dinner plates, fifteen dessert plates, nineteen other plates, one pitcher, two vegetable dishes, five serving dishes, one gravy boat, eighteen nappy dishes, ten cups and ten saucers, two compotes, two chargers, five dessert bowls, and one other bowl.

Details

Descriptive Terms

platters
gilding
porcelain
Dish, Serving
Platter
Porcelain
Gilded
Platter

Associated Person

Bowen, Henry Chandler, 1813-1896

Associated Building

Original to Roseland Cottage (Woodstock, Conn.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

20 3/8 x 13 7/8 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Margaret Carson Holt

Accession Number

1970.1217

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