Platter
- Object Name:
- Platter
- Object ID:
- 1915.003
- Place of Origin:
- China
- Date:
- 1765-1775
- Description:
- Platter. Hard paste porcelain. Elongated octagonal form with shallow well and flat rim; Over-glazed polychrome famille rose decoration: two peacocks standing on rocks and chrysanthemums and branches on rocks. Red outlined gilt spearhead cavetto border. Rim decorated with four groups of trailing flowers and branches; alternating red outlined gilt stylized trellis and scroll band outer border. Gilded edge. Paper label adhered to bottom, "One of the platters from the Chinese dinner service of Woodbury Langdon, 1738-1805" written in ink.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Hard paste - Dimensions:
- H-1.2 W-8.2 L-11.5 inches
- Provenance:
- The platter is from the dinner service of Woodbury Langdon, 1738-1805. Langdon was born in Portsmouth, NH, and was a member of the Continental Congress 1779-1780. The platter was presented to the NHHS by his great-great-granddaughter, Harriet Langdon Pruyn Rice (Mrs. William Gorham Rice).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Harriet Langdon Pruyn Rice
- People:
- Langdon, Woodbury (1738-1805), Langdon, Sarah (1748-1827), Rice, Harriet Langdon Pruyn (1868-1939)
- Subjects:
- Chrysanthemums, Peacocks, Consumers, Trade, Merchants
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