1850-1860
GUSN-64418
Part of a set of six dinner plates. Porcelain, round with scalloped edge, wide magenta band with gilt decoration. Center monogrammed "HCB".
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.
plates (dishes)
gilding
porcelain
Dish, Eating
Plate, Food
Porcelain
Gilded
Plate, Food
Bowen, Henry Chandler, 1813-1896
Unknown
9 3/8 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gardner Richardson
1981.7.4
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