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Plate (Dessert plate)
Edouard D. Honoré, Alexander Stewart & Co.
1846-1846
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Edouard D. Honoré (Maker)
Place of Origin
Paris; France; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
Museum Object Number
1991.0035.002
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Special Fund for Collection Objects
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Object Number
1991.0035.002
Object Name
Plate (Dessert plate)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Edouard D. Honoré (Maker); Alexander Stewart & Co. (Agent for buyer)
Place of Origin
Paris; France; Europe
Date
1846-1846
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Mark
Location: Underside
Inscription: Printed in orange is the mark of a scroll bearing the inscription: "ED HONORÉ/ Boulvd. Poissonnière No. 6/ a PARIS/ MANUFACTURE/ a Champroux Allier/ No./ Prix"
Mark/Signature: Yes
Subject(s)
- Presidential china
- Presidential provenance
- James K. Polk
- Government
- American themed ceramics
- American themed ceramics
- American ownership history (foreign manuf)
Materials
- Porcelain (hard-paste)
Techniques
- Molded
- Painted
- Gilded
Dimensions (inches)
1.25 (H) x 9.25 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
3.18 (H) x 23.5 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Book: Klapthor, Margaret Brown. 1999 Official White House China: 1789 to the Present.
• Information on service: pp. 68- 73, Illustration of similar plate and detail of Honore's mark: p. 70