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We have 15 objects tagged plate.

Plate (Italy)
enameled, glazed and gilt porcelain.
Gift of Daniel Morris and Denis Gallion.
1993-134-21

This object was made by Lavenia; Societa Ceramica Italiana.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Colorful, oval plate with two gilded gold, scalloped handles on each side, displayed at the two and eight o'clock positions. The fantastical, idiosyncratic design features a crowded, overlapping scene with abstract figures and buildings. A group of figures are singing from a tower on the right and, moving clockwise, depict a figure looking out from a watchtower, helmeted knight-like figures on horseback, and on the top left, a figure with curly, blond hair blowing a long horn, dressed in a blue, red, and gold outfit. The figures are mixed with abstract buildings and a green, pink, and purple castle with a green bell tower in the background, behind which is a small figure on a partially obscured sailing ship. Other accents in the background include a star, a crescent moon, a white, perched bird, and a cluster of purple grapes. The plate has a red and gilted rim, in interlocking rectangles.

Cake Serving Plate (Austria)
molded, enameled, gilded and glazed hard paste porcelain.
Gift of the Estate of Edgar Sachs, from the Collection of Hilda G. and Edgar....
2008-42-6

This object was made by Wiener Porzellanmanufaktur.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Airplane Plate
porcelain, enamel, gilding.
The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase....
1989-41-12

This object was made by State Porcelain Factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plate (France)
tin-glaze earthenware.
Gift of George A. Hearn.
1907-14-9

This object was made by Olérys and Laugier's pottery factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plate (France)
tin-glazed earthenware.
Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
2008-40-2

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Plate (France)
tin-glazed earthenware.
Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
2008-40-3

This object was made by Olérys and Laugier's pottery factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Plate (France)
tin-glazed earthenware.
Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
2008-40-4

This object was made by Olérys and Laugier's pottery factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Tazza (France)
tin-glazed earthenware.
Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
2008-40-5

This object was made by Clérissy Factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Plate
tin-glazed earthenware.
Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
2017-20-12

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

The plate itself is mostly pink with a white star-like pattern in the middle and intricate guilded, embossed decoration. Only about three-quarters of the plate is showing, while the bottom of it is unfinished, with exposed pencil marks on the pink background and tapered-off gold exposing the cream sheet underneath. The salmon pink coloring runs along the edges of the plate and in a small circle in the center, with the white star pattern in the center displaying five points in view, with additional out of frame, all connected by a decorated arc. The intricate gold patterns on the plate run along the edges in repeated geometric shapes: squares with ladder-like lines in the center sandwiched between two rows of small dots, one right after another. As you move inward, solid triangles touch and repeat themselves in between each point of the star. The points fan to the edge of the plate in tulip-shaped forms, four stacking on top of the other with small dots and framing curls. In between each point are smaller stars with the triangle motif, small dots, and six white dots surrounding one single gold dot. The curved arcs connecting the points are decorated with small, delicate leaves repeating one after the other. In the center of the plate is an intricate circle mandala, comprised of a compass-like petal center, surrounded by two rows of tiny gold dots, with curving decorations similar to fiddleheads, also paired with tiny gold dots. To the left of the plate is a column of blue printed numbers in a bold serif font and one penciled. Above the plate is the similarly printed number (587) with a sans-serif, purple (A) above that, surrounded by penciled sketches of other tableware with assigned numbers and kanji characters: a teacup and saucer, sugarbowl with milk pitcher, a bowl with lid, a teapot, a large scalloped tray, two more sugar bowls and a raised bowl.

Drawing, Design for a Plate, 1880–1910
brush and gold, pink, white gouache, graphite on cream paper.
1985-14-14

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

The plate itself only has two colors: a cream background with gold decoration, which is embossed, or painted with raised elements. Along the border of the plate is a row of circles, and next to that a row of smaller circles. As we travel inward, the largest decoration space is devoted to an elaborate paisley pattern, with the negative space in between curved flowers and pointed leaves littered with even smaller dots. The paisley leaves spiral inward like fiddlehead plants and are surrounded by feather-like fanning, coming off the shared stem. There are six paisley leaves in total around the plate, all unique in pattern but creating a symmetrical composition overall. On the end of each leaf is either a grid like design, similar to a tic-tac-toe board tilted on its side, or crest-like motif: shaped like a tulip, it has an arc with small dots the tulip-shape sits on, leaves emerging from the arc, and a ray of small dots above the tulip. As we travel even more inward, there is a row of small dots on a solid guilded circle, and modest geometric pattern emerging from that. Small arcs with curved ends meet with and touch each other, with dots and three-pronged in between. In the center of the plate is an intricate circle mandala, comprised of a compass-like and petal-like center, surrounded by two rows of tiny gold dots, with curving decorations similar to fiddleheads, also paired with tiny gold dots. To the left of the plate is a column of blue printed numbers in a bold serif font with penciled checkmarks and a penciled number 4. Above the plate is the similarly printed number (470) with a sans-serif, purple (AA) above that, surrounded by penciled sketches of other tableware with assigned numbers and kanji characters: three teacups and saucers sets, two sets of sugarbowls and milk pitchers, a teapot, two additional vessels with open scallop edges and handles.

Drawing, Design for a Plate, 1880–1910
brush and gold gouache, graphite on cream paper.
1985-14-39

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Plate (Spain)
glazed and lustered earthenware.
Gift of Mrs. Laurent Oppenheim in memory of Laurent Oppenheim.
1940-114-1-a

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

0907, Living Plates, 2017

0907, Living Plates, 2017
Senses.0907

There are 5 images of this object.

0902, Essentiel de Pâtisserie, 2010
Senses.0902

An octagonal shaped plate with a white background.and light purple shaded rim. Two stylized dark purple flowers on the top right cascade with light purple foliage around the edges of the plate.

Plate Plate
porcelain, vitreous enamel.
Gift of Arthur Altschul.
1994-117-1

This object was made by Rozenburg Pottery and Porcelain Factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.