Brooklyn Museum: Decorative Arts: Bonbon Dish

Bonbon Dish

Manufacturer: Union Porcelain Works, 1863-ca.1922
Culture: American
Medium: Porcelain
Place Manufactured: Greenpoint (now Brooklyn), New York, USA
Dates: 1887
Dimensions: 1 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 8 5/8 in. (3.2 x 12.1 x 21.9 cm)
Markings: On underside: transfer-printed in orange, within pot "UNION / PORCELAIN / WORKS / GREENPOINT / N.Y." and below pot "11 87"; also remnant of a eagle transfer-printed in green.
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor
Accession Number: 63.5
Credit Line: Dick S. Ramsay Fund
Image: Overall, 63.5_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Porcelain bonbon dish; irregularly oval in shape molded in shell and basket patterns with basket handle at one end. Dark orange border around the dish and handle with floral sprigs in brown and green over the main area. Buds of pink are at handle end, orange at other. CONDITION: Decoration worn and edge has several chips.

Collections: Decorative Arts: Bonbon Dish