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Set of Twelve Dessert Plates

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Twelve round plates, each with orange-red enamel ground on front, and with two wide L-shaped gilded bands and one wide L-shaped motif in platinum.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Jean Luce, French, 1895–1964
Decorator
Charles Ahrenfeldt, 1894–1964
Manufacturer
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
each plate approx. 21.5 cm diameter x 2.5 cm height
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Object Name
plate set
Type
plate set
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