Wedgewood French Garden porcelain plate. The center has three figures, a woman and two men wearing 19th.Century French outfits. They are looking away into a rectangular garden with stylized plants. To the left and right of the garden are four small round plants in square planters. In the background is a masonary wall with a statue of a person and an animal. Behind all of that is a treeline. The rim of the plate has four small scenes. Top and bottom have the same scene of topiary bushes. Left and right have the same scene of a water fountain with small putti around it. 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
French"
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
Porcelain, Gardening
Relationships
Related Entries
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General Notes
Note Type
General Note
Note
1 of 12
Note Type
StorageNote
Note
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