Collection Highlights
Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1766-1853)
ca. 1825
1920.4
Watercolor on ivory
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Luce Center
Plate from fish set
Object name
Plate from fish set
Date
1870-1890
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
each: 1 x 9 1/2 in.
Description
One of a set of twelve porcelain plates from fish set; plates have scalloped gilded edges; center and part of rim hand-painted in polychrome enamels with sea flora and fauna, including fish, seaweed, and shells. Factory mark, decorator's mark, and Latin inscription on underside of plates.
Credit Line
Gift of Ione Sutton, 1995