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Plate, from the "The Secret Village of Mice" Set Plate

This is a plate. It was manufactured by Pillivuyt & Cie. It is dated ca. 1867 and we acquired it in 1993. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

It is credited Museum purchase through bequest of Dona Guimaraes and from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.

  • Plate (France)
  • porcelain, enamel decoration.
  • Museum purchase through bequest of Dona Guimaraes and from Decorative Arts....
  • 1993-124-3
  • Plate (France)
  • porcelain, enamel decoration.
  • Museum purchase through bequest of Dona Guimaraes and from Decorative Arts....
  • 1993-124-5

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 2.5 x 23 cm (1 in. x 9 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside: [1] "CH. PILLIVUYT & CIE. / PARIS / EXP. 1867 / MEDAILLE D'OR" in oval mark, stamped in red overglaze (manufactory mark)

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

Plate, from the "The Secret Village of Mice" Set Plate; Manufactured by Pillivuyt & Cie; France; hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold; H x diam.: 2.5 x 23 cm (1 in. x 9 1/16 in.); Museum purchase through bequest of Dona Guimaraes and from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund; 1993-124-4

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Virtue in Vice.

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