1964.1693 Dish or cake plate
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Dish (Cake plate)

  • Category:

    Plaster (Chalkware)

  • Place of Origin:

    Possibly Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

  • Date:

    1875-1900

  • Materials:

    Plaster (chalkware)

  • Techniques:

    Molded, Painted

  • Museum Object Number:

    1964.1693


  • Complete Details



Object Number

1964.1693

Object Name

Dish (Cake plate)

Category

Plaster (Chalkware)

Credit Line/Donor

Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont

Place of Origin

Possibly Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America

Date

1875-1900

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Underside; Old number painted in red "4f26"
2. Inscription; Underside; Pencil "4683"
3. Label; Underside; Trimmed fragment of rectangular sticker with canted corner and printed blue edge: "no. 33/ms x[illeg.]" written in black ink

Materials

Plaster (chalkware)

Techniques

Molded, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

1.5 (H) , 10 (W) , 10 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

3.81 (H) , 25.4 (W) , 25.4 (D)

Object Description

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Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Lange, Amanda E. & Reilly, Julie A. 10//1994 Chalkware. Antiques. 496-505.
Published with design source: p. 505, pl. XIV, Winterthur "cake plate," American, 1850-1900; p. 505, fig. 2, page showing similarly shaped and patterned dish on page from Glass catalogue issued c. 1870 by Adams and Co. of Pittsburgh.
[Article] Cohen, Bea. 07/31/1992 American Chalkware 1860-1890. Antiques and the Arts Weekly. (7/31/1992): S-32 to S-33.
See for period references and bibliography.