Plate, Dessert

Object/Artifact

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

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