Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Luce Center
Soup plate
Object Number:
1940.268
Date:
1785-1790
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. ( 3.8 x 24.8 cm )
Marks:
inscribed: inside of oval medallion in rust and gold: "WP"
Description:
Porcelain soup plate with shaped edge; blue underglaze border pattern composed of butterflies and honeycoms diapering with secondary border of only honeycomb diapering ("Fitzhugh" border); bounded inside by purple and gilded rust husk band; central image depicts gilded initials in an oval medallion draped with purple and gilded husk ropes; there is an East Indian man above flying purple flags
Credit Line:
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
