Plate
Manufacturer
Hannong Manufactory
(French, 1721 - 1780)
Date1760-1765
MediumEarthenware with tin glaze and enamel (faience)
DimensionsOverall: 9 1/2 inches (24.13 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. B. Berkowitz
Object numberF93-26/1
MarkingsOn bottom: i-c/ 39
On View
On viewGallery Location
- 122
Collections
DescriptionCircular form with molded rim and no footring; white tin-glaze painted with large polychrome floral spray of roses and other flowers in well; three smaller floral motifs on brim; brown line around rim.ProvenanceWith Caroline Newman Newburger Berkowitz (1899–1997), Kansas City, MO, by 1983-1993 [1];
Her gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1993 [2].
NOTES:
[1] Caroline Newburger married Eugene Bertram Berkowitz (1889-1966) in 1922, the year after graduating from Smith College, establishing a likely beginning date for the beginning of her collecting interests. Laura R. Hockaday, “Berkowitz matriarch believes in putting family first,” Kansas City Star (January 12, 1992): H4. On loan from Caroline Berkowitz to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1983–1993.
[2] The date of acceptance was February 19, 1994, although the works were considered 1993 year end gifts. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Curatorial Files.
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