Soup Plate
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Porcelain
DATES
ca. 1882
DIMENSIONS
9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm)
MARKINGS
printed in brown on back: TROPICS / WILLETS . Impressed on bottom OPAQUE / (Willets monogram) / PORCELAIN
SIGNATURE
Unsigned
INSCRIPTIONS
no inscriptons
ACCESSION NUMBER
87.222
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Dr. Barry R. Harwood
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Circular dished plate with wide rim; opaque porcelain. White ground, brown transfer printed decoration, gold rim. Decoration is complex, in the Japanese taste; upper portion is a scene of bamboo, branches and herons. Lower third is dense compartmentalized patterns of bamboo, diaper, flowers, birds and leaves with an arched reserve of a rural scene. Pattern Tropics.
CONDITION: Good, some crazing to glaze.
MUSEUM LOCATION
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