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Sample Plate Plate
This is a plate. It was manufactured by The Elite Works. It is dated late 19th–early 20th century and we acquired it in 2005. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
Sample plates give us an idea of the colors and techniques that were fashionable during different periods. This French porcelain plate shows earth-related tones of gray-green and magenta popular in the 1880s in France, is desirable for our understanding of the use of these colors in this era.
It is credited Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment.
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Its dimensions are
H x diam.: 2.3 x 23.5 cm (7/8 x 9 1/4 in.)
It has the following markings
Underside: [1] "ELITE" underlined above "L / France", painted in green overglaze (manufactory mark)
It is signed
Not signed
Cite this object as
Sample Plate Plate; Manufactured by The Elite Works; France; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel; H x diam.: 2.3 x 23.5 cm (7/8 x 9 1/4 in.); Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment; 2005-11-2
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color.
