Name/Title
Plate, DinnerEntry/Object ID
1995.006.001Description
C D Gibson plate. Royal Doulton plate (ceramic material and blue and black pigments),
measuring 10 1/4 inches in diameter covered with repeating patterns of stylized leaves in the 2 outer rings and stylized blossoms in the 3rd partial ring. The contents of the rings are colored white and various shades of blue. The center of the dish contains a picture (pen and ink sketch by Charles Dana Gibson) measuring 5 inches x 5 inches. Description of sketch: a young woman wearing a long black dress with long sleeves and wearing an upswept hairdo is lyng on a couch on her stomach with her chest raised up by pillows reading a book. In back of the couch to the left is a bookcase containing some standing and some leaning books, a large drawn drape and a chest of drawers to the right. On the floor next to the woman is a disorderly collection of books.
INSCRIPTION AT BOTTOM OF SKETCH: SHE LOOKS FOR RELIEF AMONG SOME OF THE OLD ONES. It is signed C D Gibson (Charles Dana Gibson)
COPYRIGHT 1900 by LIFE PUBLISHING CO.
On the back of the plate is a seal of the Royal Doulton, England