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

Buffet Plate, "Joseph" Pattern

Designer: Richard Meier, born 1934
Manufacturer: Swid Powell
Medium: Porcelain
Place Manufactured: New York, New York, USA
Dates: ca. 1985
Dimensions: 1 1/4 x 12 1/8 x 12 1/8 in. (3.2 x 30.8 x 30.8 cm)
Markings: On underside, printed in black: ' Swid Powell / © RM [letters conjoined] / "Joseph" '
Signature: no signature
Inscriptions: inscriptions
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor
Accession Number: 85.158.23
Credit Line: Gift of Paul F. Walter
Image: Overall, 85.158.23_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: "Joseph" pattern. Circular buffet plate with wide rim in white porcelain with vitreous glaze and transfer-printed decoration. On front of plate is large open square in dark blue. The square is intersected by a cross of black lines; plate edge has black line border. Behind the black line cross is a double cross outlined with grey lines. CONDITION: Undamaged.

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