Types of Gardens Through the Ages

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Types of Gardens Through the Ages

Entry/Object ID

MP.94.1206

Description

Wedgewood English 18th.Century Garden porcelain plate. The center has three figures, a woman and two men wearing 18th.Century French outfits. Behind them are many arched doorways, an iron gate, and a building in the far background. In the near background are two urns with square pedestals and Century plants in them. To the left of the people in the foreground is the trunk of a treeand behind that a ladder leaning in one of the archways. The rim of the plate has four small scenes. Top and bottom have the same scene of a watering can, an awl, and a bunch of flowers. Left and right have the same scene of pears, apples, peaches, and grapes. Around each of these small scenes is a gold and red scalloped pattern connecting an inner flowerdelis pattern to an outer thin red line and then to a thick gold rim. Title: "Types of Gardens Through the Ages English 18th.Century"

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Wedgwood

Notes

Dates: 1900 - 1991 Date made: r. 1900 - 1991

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Transcription

On the back of the plate is a mark: "Wedgewood made in England" Next to that mark there is a circular mark: "Sole Importers/ Jones McDuffee & Shatten Co. Boston" In the center of the back of the plate is an eagle holding a shield with 12 stars and the dates "1913" and "1938". Under the shield is written "The Garden Club of America" Under that is an oval wreath of long thin leaves with a bunch of fruits and flowers at one side. In the center of this is the title, "Types of Gardens Through the Ages" Under the wreath is the initials RH.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

1 in

Diameter

10-1/2 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 1 x 10 1/2 in. (2.5 x 26.7 cm)

Material

Gardening, Porcelain

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

MP.94.1208 - Plate - Part of set MP.94.1202 - Plate - Part of set MP.94.1203 - Plate - Part of set MP.94.1210 - Plate - Part of set MP.94.1204 - Plate - Part of set MP.94.1205 - Plate - Part of set MP.94.1207 - Plate - Part of set MP.94.1209 - Plate - Part of set MP.94.1211 - Plate - Part of set MP.94.1212 - Plate - Part of set MP.94.1201 - Plate - Part of set

General Notes

Note Type

General Note

Note

1 of 12

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

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