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Portrait plate

Portrait plate
Object name 
Portrait plate
Date 
ca. 1814
Medium 
Porcelain
Dimensions 
Overall: 6 3/4 in. ( 17.1 cm )
Description 
Hard-paste porcelain plate with bat printed image of Isaac Chauncey; matte gold bands around plate and around image of Chauncey.
Credit Line 
Bequest of Mrs. J. Insley Blair
Object Number 
1952.136
Marks 
inscribed: above border: "ISAAC CHAUNCEY, ESQ, of the Unites States Navy"
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.