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Oyster Plate

Porcelain pear-shaped coffee pot decorated with with gold bands, female mask under spout and painted with harbor landscape in colors. Domed cover is topped by a rosebud knob.
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  • Porcelain pear-shaped coffee pot decorated with with gold bands, female mask under spout and painted with harbor landscape in colors. Domed cover is topped by a rosebud knob.

Date:

c. 1881

Artist:

Union Porcelain Works
American, 1863–c. 1922
New York

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Arts of the Americas

Artist

Union Porcelain Works

Title

Oyster Plate

Place

New York City (Object made in)

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c. 1881

Medium

Porcelain

Dimensions

21.3 × 16.2 cm (8 3/8 × 6 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Women's Board Fund

Reference Number

2013.698

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