Object Details
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Circular, slightly concave plate with 12 pie-wedge sections of various colors in light and dark hues; names of colors in French around rim, above each wedge (starting at top going clockwise): "ROSE, VERT-BLEU, VERT CHRÓME, NOIR, VIOLET DE FER, ROUGE CAPUCINE, ROUGE CHAIR, JAUNE D'ARGENT, BRUN 108, BRUN BITUME, BLEU, POURPRE"; wide circular band of tan glaze overlaps wedges, creating sections of tinted colors; in center of plate, overlapping initials "R[backwards]EC" in tan glaze. Plate mounted in hanger of three metal straps and wire.
Credit Line
Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund
Date
ca. 1920s
Accession Number
2003-5-5
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
ceramics
Decorative Arts
Sample plate
Medium
Glazed earthenware
Dimensions
H x diam.: 3.5 x 42.5 cm (1 3/8 x 16 3/4 in.)
possibly made in
Chantilly, France
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Link to Original Record
Record ID
chndm_2003-5-5
