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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dinner plate
Object name
Dinner plate
Date
ca. 1882
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
dinner plate: 1 x 9 1/4 in.; soup plate: 1 3/4 x 9 1/8 in.
Description
Porcelain dinner and soup plate with scalloped rims each with royal Hawaiian crest at center; dinner plate has half-inch band of blue enamel edged in gilding around rim.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. James Hazen Hyde
Object Number
1948.562a
Gallery Label
This plate was made for use in the State Dining Room of Iolani Palace; the medallion is coat of arms of King Kamehameha of Hawaii and inscription is his motto (tr. "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness")
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
