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Plate

Decorator: John Mackie Falconer, American, 1820-1903
Retailer: John Edwards
Medium: Painted porcelain
Geographical Locations:
- Place designed: Brooklyn, New York, USA
- Place manufactured: Limoges, France
Dates: ca. 1876
Dimensions: 1 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (3.2 x 24.1 x 24.1 cm)
Markings: Painted on back of plate in black script: "39 bis. / At Newtown Creek. / Long Island. / Augt 1851. / by J. M. Falconer. / Brooklyn L.I. / Augt 9th 1876. / (Limoges China)"
Signature: Painted below pastoral scene in black script: "at Newtown Creek LI. J. M. Falconer, Brooklyn 1876"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 66.27.1
Credit Line: Gift of Queens Borough Public Library
Image: Overall, 66.27.1_acetate_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Porcelain dinner plate, hand-painted on the front with scene of rustic cottage and chickens. Yellow rim. CONDITION: Good.

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