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1850-1860
GUSN-64393
Part of a set of ten circular dessert plates; scalloped edge and wide magenta band, rose hips painted in 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.
dessert plates
gilding
porcelain
plum (fruit)
floral patterns
rose (genus)
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Plate, Dessert
Porcelain
Gilded
Plum
Rosehip
Plate, Dessert
Bowen, Henry Chandler, 1813-1896
Unknown
Museum Purchase
1974.373.6
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