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Dessert Plate

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1900-1924

GUSN

GUSN-71086

Description

Ivory, black; circular, shallow well, wide lip; peacocks in landscape

Details

Descriptive Terms

dessert plates
creamware
figure- and animal-derived motifs
peafowl
Creamware
Peacock
Landscape
PLATE, DESSERT

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Wedgwood (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Etruria, England

Dimensions

0.5 (H), 6.125 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.2171.111

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