Object Number 1957.0009.043

Object Name

Plate (Cake plate)

Category

Ceramics

Credit Line/Donor

Gift of Philip Hammerslough

Creator (Role)

Tucker factory (Manufacturer)
1825-1838

Place of Origin

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

Date

1825-1838

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Mark; Underside within footrim.; Incised under glaze "X"
2. Inscription; Underside within footrim.; Painted in faint yellowish-red "41.50 ea" or "[unknown symbol] 1.50 ea"

Materials

Porcelain (hard-paste); Lime (alkaline) glaze

Techniques

Molded, Gilded

Dimensions (inches)

1.772 (H) , 8.701 (W) , 8.819 (D)

Dimensions (centimeters)

4.5 (H) , 22.1 (W) , 22.4 (D)

Measurement Notes

OH at rim, OW and OD between opposite sides of rim.

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Catalogue] Philadelphia Museum of Art. 1957 Tucker China 1825-1838.
• General information on Tucker.
[Book] Frelinghuysen, Alice Cooney. 1989 American Porcelain 1720-1920.
• Similar design on object in cat. no. 8, pp.86-87.