Plate

• Artist: John Mackie Falconer (Decorator)
• Medium: Porcelain with hand-painted decoration
• Geographical Location: Greenpoint (now Brooklyn), New York, USA
• Dates: ca. 1875
• Dimensions: 1 1/8 x 9 x 9 in. (2.9 x 22.9 x 22.9 cm)
• Markings: On front, in bouge near sitter's arm: "JMF 1875" On back painted in gray: "8 / a / Philosopher / J. M. Falconer / pinxt / made...... / Union Porcelain Wor... / ... L.I. / Decr. 6/75"
• Inscriptions: In the rim, at bottom: "BROOKLYN. L.I."
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5Q12-LUCE, Unit 36, Shelf L
• Accession Number: 1992.163.2
• Image: 1992.163.2_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,

Catalogue Description:
Plate, porcelain. Simple circular plate with sloping rim. Hand-painted over-glaze decoration. In center of plate is the profile, head-and-shoulders figure of a bald, bearded man in black coat, seated in a chair with red upholstery, barely visible at left, on mottled peach ground. Plate rim outlined on inner and outer edge in black and mottled gray band between. In the band, at bottom: "BROOKLYN. L.I." CONDITION: Some minor wear to painted surfaces. Inscription on reverse very worn and partially illegible.