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Plaque

Manufacturer: Union Porcelain Works, 1863-ca.1922
Medium: Porcelain
Place Manufactured: Greenpoint (now Brooklyn), New York, USA
Dates: last quarter 19th century
Dimensions: 1 1/2 x 3 5/16 x 1/4 in. (3.8 x 8.4 x 0.5 cm)
Markings: On back, raised in body: "U.P.W.-NY. / 1"
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 1995.150.3
Credit Line: Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis
Image: Overall, 1995.150.3.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue Description: Plaque, porcelain. Flattened oval plaque, white with countersunk hole at each rounded end for attachment to door. In center of plaque in black letters: "SUPT." CONDITION - Good.

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