Dish

• Artist: Union Porcelain Works (Manufacturer)
• Medium: Porcelain
• Geographical Location: Greenpoint (now Brooklyn), New York, USA
• Dates: ca. 1885
• Dimensions: 1 x 4 3/8 x 4 3/8 in. (2.5 x 11.1 x 11.1 cm)
• Markings: Impressed on beer keg on front: "U.P.W." Printed on back: eagle head with branch in beak, above which "U.P.W." in green.
• Collection: Decorative Arts
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 5Q12-LUCE, Unit 36, Shelf K
• Accession Number: 1994.3
• Image: 1994.3_view1_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 0,

Catalogue Description:
Dish, porcelain. Circular dish with flat bottom and slightly sloping sides. In bottom of dish is deeply molded figure of crowned, bearded figure holding a pretzel in one hand and a stein of beer in the other, sitting astride a keg on a trestle, representing the king of beer. Condition: Good.