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Luncheon Plate, from Four-Piece "Grandmother" Setting
- Designer: Robert Venturi, American, born 1925
- Manufacturer: Swid Powell
- Medium: Porcelain
- Place Manufactured: New York, New York, USA
- Dates: ca. 1985
- Dimensions: 7/8 x 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. (2.2 x 23.5 x 23.5 cm)
- Markings: On underside, printed in black: 'Swid Powell / © Robert Venturi [facsimile signature in script] / "Grandmother" '
- 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: 85.158.15
- Credit Line: Gift of Paul F. Walter
- Image: Overall, 85.158.14_85.158.15_85.158.16a-b_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
- Catalogue Description: "Grandmother" pattern. Circular luncheon plate with wide rim in white porcelain with vitreous glaze and transfer-printed decorations. Plate decorated with overall floral pattern in pink, mauve, yellow, blue, and green. Pairs of short black lines are scattered randomly over this pattern. Part of four piece place setting (85.158.14-16a-b). CONDITION: Undamaged.
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