Dish
Dateearly 20th century
MediumMold-formed porcelain with gold and polychrome overglaze printed decoration
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width x depth): 1 1/4 x 6 3/8 x 4 1/2in. (3.2 x 16.2 x 11.4cm)
ClassificationsCeramics
Credit LineGift of the children of Richard and Georgette Koopman
DescriptionSmall, porcelain dish in the shape of an oval. The edges are scalloped and are curved up. There are applied gold decorations around the interior sides of the dish, and a yellow glaze around the rim. There is a polychrome overglaze printed scene at the center of the dish. The scene is titled below, "WADSWORTH ATHENEUM, HARTFORD, CONN." It shows a Gothic-style stone building with square towers, parapets, and crenellations. In the foreground are a tree, sidewalk and street.
Object number2007.24.3
MarkingsThere is one printed, black enamel mark on the bottom of the dish in a rectagular box; it reads, "Made in Austria/ for/ G. Fox & Co.,/ Hartford, Conn." Below the box, it reads, "Vienna."Subject Terms
Collections
- G. Fox & Co.
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