Plate
CultureChinese
Date1800-1810
MediumHard-paste porcelain; enamelled and gilded
DimensionsOverall: 1 1/8 × 9 7/8 inches (2.86 × 25.08 cm)
Credit LineGift of Katherine Harvey
Object numberF59-51/33
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DescriptionDecorated with the initials of the unidentified owner. Part of seventy-seven piece tea service. In plates and on sides of vessels and containers is scene in famille-rose style with gold monogram, MTA, above figs. Border design of gold grape bunches and leaves in plates and on lids and upper sides of vessels. Lid knobs of jam dish and pots, gold berries. Handles of truncated conical pots and cylindrical sugar, entertwining "vines" ends of which attached with gold leaves.
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