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Game Plate

Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1850-1860

GUSN

GUSN-64386

Description

Pair of circular game plates, circular with scalloped edge and wide magenta band. Mountain partridge painted in plate 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

serving dishes
gilding
porcelain
figure- and animal-derived motifs
partridges
Dish, Serving
Plate, Serving
Porcelain
Gilded
Partridge
Plate, Serving

Associated Person

Bowen, Henry Chandler, 1813-1896

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

9 1/2 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum Purchase

Accession Number

1974.372.1

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