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Dessert Plate

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Circular plate with red-orange enamel ground featuring geometric decoration of two wide L-shaped gilded bands and one wide L-shaped platinum band. Plain white glaze on reverse. (One of a set of 12 plates. 1969-97-14a/l.)
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Jean Luce, French, 1895–1964
Maker
Charles Ahrenfeldt, Limoges, France, founded 1859, closed 1969
Date
ca. 1937
Credit Line
Gift of James M. Osborn
Medium
porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold, platinum
Dimensions
H x diam.: 2.5 x 21.3 cm (1 x 8 3/8 in.)
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Object Name
plate
Type
plate

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