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On Display: House - Pennsylvania German Bedroom
Dish (Cake plate)
1875-1900
Category
Plaster (Chalkware)
Place of Origin
Possibly Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Materials
- Plaster (chalkware)
Museum Object Number
1964.1693
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1964.1693
Object Name
Dish (Cake plate)
Category
Plaster (Chalkware)
Place of Origin
Possibly Pennsylvania; Mid-Atlantic; United States; North America
Date
1875-1900
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside
Inscription: Old number painted in red "4f26"
Type: Inscription
Location: Underside
Inscription: Pencil "4683"
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Trimmed fragment of rectangular sticker with canted corner and printed blue edge: "no. 33/ms x[illeg.]" written in black ink
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Plaster (chalkware)
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
Dimensions (inches)
1.5 (H) x 10 (W) x 10 (D)
Dimensions (centimeters)
3.81 (H) x 25.4 (W) x 25.4 (D)
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.