Collections: Decorative Arts: Vegetable Dish and Cover

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Vegetable Dish and Cover

• Manufacturer: Union Porcelain Works, 1863-ca.1922
• Medium: Porcelain
• Place Manufactured: New York City, New York, USA
• Dates: ca. 1879
• Dimensions: 5 5/8 x 10 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. (14.3 x 26.7 x 16.2 cm)
• Markings: Painted in green on underside of dish: "U.P.W. / 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: 68.87.20a-b
• Credit Line: Gift of Franklin Chace
• Image: Overall, 68.87.20a-b.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
Union Porcelain Works (1863-ca.1922). Vegetable Dish and Cover, ca. 1879. Porcelain, 5 5/8 x 10 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. (14.3 x 26.7 x 16.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, 68.87.20a-b (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 68.87.20a-b.jpg)
• Catalogue Description: White porcelain vegetable dish (a) and cover (b); vitreous glaze, with colored and gilded decorations. Dish is an oval bowl raised on flared foot rim; handles on each side formed by bison head with black and gilded accents. Conforming, domed lid has pine cone finial painted with green and gold. Edge of both pieces decorated with bands of green and gold at edge, and maroon border with flowers and butterflies in yellow, green, blues, and gilt. Condition: Fair; losses to gilding and scratches in paint; chip around edge of dish.