Collections: Decorative Arts: Door Push Plate

Door Push Plate

Manufacturer: Union Porcelain Works, 1863-ca.1922
Medium: Porcelain
Place Manufactured: Greenpoint (now Brooklyn), New York, USA
Dates: ca. 1890
Dimensions: 6 1/8 x 2 x 3/8 in. (15.6 x 5.1 x 1 cm)
Markings: Raised letters on underside: "U.P.W. BROOKLYN, N.Y. / 6"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th floor
Accession Number: 1995.103.1
Credit Line: Gift of Joseph V. Garry
Image: Overall, 1995.103.1_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Blank door push plate; white porcelain, glazed. Rectangle shape with semi-circular projection at each short end, stepped edge, each semi-circle is pierced in center with hole for hanging. Condition: excellent; hairline crack on underside along one long end.