Dish and Cup Set with Blue Border and Gold Vine Design
Origformat: Print-Photographic
Name/Title
Dish and Cup Set with Blue Border and Gold Vine Design
Entry/Object ID
2004.S.01.147
Description
White dishes with a robin's egg blue border that is 1/2" to 7/8*' wide. Gold vines with leaves between the two colors.
This subset has no manufacturer's marks or place of origin.
2004.S.01.14A: Small eating plate
2004.S.01.14B: Small bowl
2004.S.01.14CL: Ten cups, handles gilded.
2004.S.01.14MS: Seven saucers
*Four cups and saucers on sideboard in Country Kitchen, S wall.
In the late 1800 and early 1900's, hand painted porcelain was a huge fad. Thousands of "blanks" (unpainted white) China were shipped, mostly from the Limoge region of France. China painting was an acceptable avocation for women, many used it to pass the time, some used it to make money and some became very good at it. The china became their blank canvas. Flowers, portraits and fruit were common subject matter.
Dimensions
Dimension Notes
2004.S.01.14A (plate): DIA 8.5" x D 1"
2004.S.01.14B (small bowl): DIA 5.375" x H 1.25"
2004.S.01.14CL (cups): W 4.25" x DIA 3.5" x H 2"
2004.S.01.14MS (saucers): DIA 5.625" x H 0.75"
