Dessert Plate

Object/Artifact

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Vermont Historical Society

Name/Title

Dessert Plate

Entry/Object ID

1959.17.60

Description

White-bodied ceramic dessert plate with a hand-painted design of a stylized, Asiatic building in pink luster. The well of the plate is painted with a house sitting on a horizon of either grass or water, flanked by two bamboo trees and surrounded by simple flying birds. The lip of the plate bears three smaller versions of the same design with slight variations in the rooflines.

Acquisition

Accession

1959.17

Source or Donor

Rugg, Harold Goddard (1883-1957)

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Plate, Dessert

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Plate, Food

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Dish, Eating

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Eating Vessels

Nomenclature Class

Food Service T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Overall

Height

1-1/8 in

Diameter

8-1/4 in