Plate
- Object Name:
- Plate
- Object ID:
- 1914.014.112
- Place of Origin:
- China
- Date:
- 1750-1775
- Description:
- Plate. Hard paste porcelain. Circular 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. Brown edge. White paper label with printed figure "112" glued on rim. One of a set of 11 identical plates.
- Material:
- Ceramic
Porcelain - Hard paste - Dimensions:
- H-0.8 Dia-9 inches
- Provenance:
- Ceramics collected by Martha E. Durgin (1833-1916) of Concord, NH. She began collecting in the late 1880s and donated the collection to the Society in 1914. The donor wrote that the set of plates was puchased in London, England.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Martha E. Durgin
- People:
- Durgin, Martha E. (1833-1916)
- Subjects:
- Chrysanthemums, Peacocks, Consumers, Trade
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