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Collections: Decorative Arts: Buffet Plate, "Heaven" Pattern

Buffet Plate, "Heaven" Pattern

Designer: Stanley Tigerman
Manufacturer: Swid Powell
Medium: Porcelain
Place Manufactured: New York, New York, USA
Dates: ca. 1985
Dimensions: 1 1/8 x 12 x 12 in. (2.9 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm)
Markings: On underside, printed in light blue: ' © Swid Powell / Stanley Tigerman [facsimile signature in script] "Heaven" '
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: 85.158.20
Credit Line: Gift of Paul F. Walter
Image: Overall, 85.158.20_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: "Heaven" pattern. Circular plate with wide rim in white porcelain with vitreous glaze and transfer-printed decorations. Rim is decorated with irregular bands of blue, which in places spills onto plate. Three comic cherubs in pink outline fly across top of plate. CONDITION: Undamaged.

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