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Buffet Plate, "Majestic" Pattern

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
DESIGNER Robert Stern
MANUFACTURER Swid Powell
MEDIUM Porcelain
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS
DATES ca. 1985
DIMENSIONS 1 1/8 x 12 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (2.9 x 30.8 x 30.8 cm)  (show scale)
MARKINGS On underside, printed in black: ' © / [illegible signature; artist's name in facsimile signature] / "Majestic" '
SIGNATURE no signature
INSCRIPTIONS no inscriptions
ACCESSION NUMBER 85.158.21
CREDIT LINE Gift of Paul F. Walter
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION "Majestic" pattern. Circular plate with wide rim in white porcelain with vitreous glaze and transfer-printed decorations. Rim of plate is deep red with gold edge. In four places on rim is a cream-colored arched segment that passes behind a gold buckle in the center and through black buckles on each end. In the slope of the dish are three black lines with gold and yellow squares between. On the edge of the center of the plate, below each segment on the rim are small black triangles; similar triangles appear above the segments on the rim. CONDITION: Undamaged.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION Robert Stern. Buffet Plate, "Majestic" Pattern, ca. 1985. Porcelain, 1 1/8 x 12 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (2.9 x 30.8 x 30.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Paul F. Walter, 85.158.21. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.158.21_mark_bw.jpg)
IMAGE mark, 85.158.21_mark_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph
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