Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1950.007.02
- Creator:
- Ahrenfeldt, Charles (1807-1894)
Manufacturer ; Dulin & Martin Company - Place of Origin:
- Limoges, France
- Date:
- circa 1886
- Description:
- Plate. Reproduction "George Washington" plate. Manufactured by Charles Ahrenfeldt (1807-1894), Limoges, France; c. 1886. Porcelain. Plain circular rim. Base ring present. Handpainted overglaze decoration. Center design is of the upper case script letters, "GW", intertwined. Letters are gold leaf outlined in red. Blue and orange circles painted below; pink and green roses painted above. Rim is painted in nine lobes between which is dark blue wedges. Lobes each have rose vines and a gold leaf scroll. Two maker's marks on back. One is green in upper case letters: "FRANCE / CA / DEPOSE". The second mark is in red in upper case sans-serif letters: "DULIN & MARTIN CO. / WASHINGTON, D. C." Paper label attached to reverse on which is typed: "Reproduction of George Washington Plate" along with donor information.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Dimensions:
- H-1 Dia-8.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Notation on back indicates reproduction George Washington plate. According to the accession record, these reproduction plates were "sponsored by the National Society of Colonial Dames to raise funds for the organization."
This plate belonged to poet Amy Lawrence Lowell (1874-1925), of Brookline, MA. The plate was given to the donor, Mrs. Gardner King, by a grand niece of Amy Lowell. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gardner L. King
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