Painted black band with gold scrolls around rim; polychrome floral sprays around border; painted black and gold trellis band around well, broken up with enamel medallions of red carnations, edged in green and yellow; central scene: polychrome enamel peacocks, butterflies and carnations; bottom: 3 brown flower vines around border.
plates (dishes)
enamel paint
gilding
painting (coating)
porcelain
figure- and animal-derived motifs
butterflies
Chinese export
marriage
peafowl
Porcelain
Enamel
Painted
Gilded
Butterfly
Peacock
Matrimony
Chinese Export
PLATE
On scotch tape: ""Shady Hill""
Unknown
9 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Susan Norton
1990.264.2
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