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1986

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Warming Plate Warming Plate

This is a warming plate. It is dated ca. 1805 and we acquired it in 1986. Its medium is copper, silver. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was bequest of Walter Phelps Warren. It is credited Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren.

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 3.5 × 21.5 cm (1 3/8 × 8 7/16 in.)

It has the following markings

On interior of plate: [1] "16", impressed

It is inscribed

Inscrived on plate side: [1] Diamond-shaped, with three shells horizon- tally across the top half and a shield below, incised (coat-of-arms)

Cite this object as

Warming Plate Warming Plate; England; copper, silver; H x diam.: 3.5 × 21.5 cm (1 3/8 × 8 7/16 in.); Bequest of Walter Phelps Warren; 1986-61-7-a,b

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