Blue-and-white transfer-printed platter featuring an Asiatic design of bamboo and flowers. The border consists of many-petaled flowers interspersed with scroll designs. The central design shows a basket or vase of flowers on the proper right and a naturalistic scene of bamboo and flowers on the left. The center of the dish angles down into a well at the left.
Use
Used to serve meat. The well allowed the juices to collect so the roast would not soak.
Context
The Marquis de Lafayette was served from this platter in Montpelier, VT in 1825
