Dinner Plate

1796–1810

Artist unknown (Chinese, made for the American market)
China

This plate was part of a large service made for the 1796 wedding of New York politician DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828) and his bride, Maria Franklin (1775–1818). The decorative Chinese landscape is encircled by a spearhead border and depictions of the eight Chinese Immortals of the Taoist religion, a purely Chinese decoration. Only the entwined gold initials DWMC indicate that this plate was made for a foreign market.

Status: On View, Gallery 166
Department: Arts of the Americas

Artist: Chinese export porcelain
Title: Dinner Plate
Place: China (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. 1796–1810
Medium: Hard-paste porcelain, glaze, with enamels in colors, and gilding
Inscriptions: Monogramed recto, top-middle, on rim, in gilt: "DWMC".
Dimensions: Diam.: 22.3 cm (8 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Frederick S. Colburn
Reference Number: 1958.258
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DeWitt Clinton (1769-1828) and Maria Franklin Clinton (1775-1818; born Maria Franklin; also Mrs. DeWitt Clinton), Albany, NY [monogram on rim]. Frederick Standish Colburn (1878–1957), Evanston, IL, by Jan. 29, 1957 [incoming receipt, RX2123, Jan. 29, 1957; copy in curatorial object file]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1958.

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