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Small Plaque

Artist: Attributed to Karl L. H. Mueller, American, born Germany, 1820-1887
Manufacturer: Union Porcelain Works, 1863-ca.1922
Medium: Porcelain
Place Manufactured: New York City, New York, USA
Dates: late 19th century
Dimensions: diameter: 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm)
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: 68.87.56
Credit Line: Gift of Franklin Chace
Image: Overall, 68.87.56_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Small plaque, square with canted corners, hard paste porcelain, white glaze, profile relief portrait of Charles H. L. Smith, son of Thomas Carl Smith. Profile of man with long sideburns. CONDITION: Good.

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