Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1976.017.01
- Place of Origin:
- China
- Date:
- 1755-1775
- Description:
- Plate. Hard paste porcelain. Circular form with shallow well and flat rim. Over-glazed polychrome famille rose decoration: two sheep in left foreground and chrysanthemums with branches on rocks at right. Red outlined gilt spearhead cavetto border. Rim decorated with three groups of trailing flowers and branches. Brown edge.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Hard paste - Dimensions:
- H-1 Dia-9 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of a set of export porcelain that belonged to Gov. John Wentworth, whose cousin, John Peirce, was the great-grandfather of seller's husband. John Peirce was the executor of the estate of Elizabeth (Rindge) Wentworth, the Governor's mother, and may have acquired these pieces from her.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- People:
- Wentworth, John (1737-1820), Wentworth, Elizabeth, Peirce, John (1746-1814), Peirce, Constance
- Subjects:
- Chrysanthemums, Sheep, Consumers, Trade
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