Plate, Dessert

Object/Artifact

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Wayland Museum

Name/Title

Plate, Dessert

Entry/Object ID

1978.1.2

Description

Desert plates (12): white, 12 sides, gold edged, gold drawing of 1 rose, 1 trumpet flower, 1 leaf flower, 4 half-circles with tiny buds. Material: china

Context

Wedding China of Judge Edward Mellen & Sophia Fuller Whitney; married May 17, 1831 (used at their wedding reception) 2 cake plates, 1 bowl, 12 plates, 10 saucers, 12 cup plates, 6 cups.

Collection

China

Cataloged By

VanSteenberg, Doris

Acquisition

Accession

1978.1

Source or Donor

Sears, Mrs. Edmund

Acquisition Method

Loan

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1831

Lexicon

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Other Number

Other Number

CH 164

Number Type

Old Number

Other Number

CH 164

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Size: 7" diam.

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Date Examined

Nov 1, 1996

Examined By

VanSteenberg, Doris

Notes

9 good, 12 brown spotted, 1 broken & mended

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Nov 1, 1996

Provenance

Notes

Part of Judge Edward Mellen and Sophie Fuller Whitney's wedding china, May 17, 1831.

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: Wolfson, Evelyn Status Date: 2016-12-01