Pair of Dishes with Plates

Arts of the Americas

1929–32

Maurice Heaton (American, born Switzerland, 1900–1990)
Commissioned by Helen Hughes Dulany (American, 1884-1968)
Valley Cottage, New York

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Maurice Heaton
Title: Pair of Dishes with Plates
Place: Valley Cottage (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: c. 1929–1932
Medium: Glass
Inscriptions: Each saucer inscribed: "H.D." [for Helen Dulany] and "M.H." [for Maurice Heaton].
Dimensions: Plates: Diam.: 16.2 cm (6 3/8 in.); Dishes: 5.7 × 15.8 cm (2 1/4 × 6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. John A. Bross Jr. and Mrs. Edward Byron Smith through the Antiquarian Society
Reference Number: 1985.249.1-2

Milo M. Naeve, et al., A Decade of Decorative Arts: The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago, exh. cat. (Art Institute of Chicago, 1986), 106, cat. 92 (ill.).

Art Institute of Chicago, A Decade of Decorative Arts: The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 12, 1986–Jan. 4, 1987, cat. 92.

Commissioned by Helen Hughes Dulany (1884–1968), Chicago, 1929–32. Given to Louise Dewey (1914–1989; also Mrs. Edward Byron Smith), Lake Forest, IL, on the occasion of her marriage to Edward Byron Smith (1909–2002), Apr. 24, 1934; given to her daughter, Louise Smith Bross (1939–2020; also Mrs. John A. Bross, Jr.), Lake Forest, IL, by 1985 [Naeve 1986, 106; incoming receipt, RX15516, May 3, 1985; copy in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago through the Antiquarian Society, 1985.

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