Plate

Object/Artifact

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Historic Stonington

Name/Title

Plate

Entry/Object ID

2019.606.056

Description

French plate, dark blue and gold border with raised pattern, painted center scene of a man and woman handsomely dressed in blue and pink, signed Duputy. It was a prized Miner family possession that came from the Paris Esposition Universelle, 1855 and was likely passed down by Thomas Miner (1806-1882) who worked as a Captain for Cornelius Vanderbilt before taking up farming.

Made/Created

Date made

1855

Place

Location

France