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1981

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1989

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The Family Plate

This is a plate. It was decorated by E.I. Semenova. It is dated 1981 and we acquired it in 1989. Its medium is earthenware, glaze. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase through the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program Funds.

Its dimensions are

Diameter: 33.5 cm (13 3/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Marks: no factory mark; a paper tag (purchase receipt)

Cite this object as

The Family Plate; Decorated by E.I. Semenova; earthenware, glaze; Diameter: 33.5 cm (13 3/16 in.); The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase through the Decorative Arts Association Acquisition and Smithsonian Collections Acquisition Program Funds; 1989-41-54

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