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Small Dessert Dish

Manufacturer: Union Porcelain Works, 1863-ca.1922
Medium: Porcelain
Place Manufactured: New York City, New York, USA
Dates: ca. 1879
Dimensions: 1 1/4 x 5 1/16 x 5 1/16 in. (3.2 x 12.9 x 12.9 cm)
Markings: Printed in black on underside: "UNION / Porcelain Work[s]"
Signature: no signature
Inscriptions: no inscriptions
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 68.87.16
Credit Line: Gift of Franklin Chace
Image: Overall, 68.87.16.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: White porcelain dessert bowl; vitreous glaze, with colored and gilded decorations. Round shallow bowl with flat bottom and straight, angled sides; decorated with bands of green and gold at rim, and maroon border with flowers and butterflies in yellow, green, blues, and gilt. Condition: Good; losses to gilding and scratches in paint; small chip in rim.

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