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Plate

Plate
Object name 
Plate
Date 
ca. 1832
Medium 
Glazed porcelain
Dimensions 
Overall: 1 1/4 x 9 1/4 in. ( 3.2 x 23.5 cm )
Description 
Cream-colored, glazed porcelain dinner plate with a light blue band, a painted gold Greek-key border on the rim and a gold painted floral medallion in the center.
Credit Line 
Gift of John van Cortlandt Parker, Luman Reed's great-great-great-grandson
Object Number 
1992.5a
Marks 
inscriptions: none
Gallery Label 
This plate was part of Luman Reed's dinner service. It passed to his widow, Mary Barker Reed (1786-1869), to her son-in-law and daughter; Dudley Barber Fuller (1801-1868) and Mary Reed Fuller (1811-1875), to their daughter and son-in-law; Frederick Sturges and Mary Reed Fuller, to their son-in-law and daughter; Andrew Chalmers Wilson and Mary Fuller Sturges Wilson, to her first cousin once-removed and her first cousin; Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Fuller Parker to their son, the donor.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.