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Sample Plate (Bavaria)
This is a Sample plate. It was manufactured by Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory. It is dated 1948 and we acquired it in 2015. Its medium is hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This plate documents color palettes popular in Germany just after World War II, and shows a gradation of each color from light to dark.
This object was
donated by
Michele Oka Doner.
It is credited Gift of Michele Oka Doner in honor of Lisa Roberts.
- Vase (USA)
- glazed earthenware.
- Gift of Ruth Friedman in memory of Harry G. Friedman.
- 1966-3-19
- Color Blanket, Hint
- 50% acrylic, 50% polyester.
- Gift of Designtex Group.
- 2016-20-1
- Manufacturer's Color Blanket (USA)
- synthetic.
- Gift of Harvey Smith.
- 1968-135-76
Our curators have highlighted 7 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Print, League of Women Voters
- screenprint on paper.
- Gift of Joshua Mack.
- 1995-38-8
- Color Blanket, Weaving Palettes
- 54% cotton, 30% solution-dyed nylon, 15% post-consumer recycled polyester.
- Gift of Momentum Group.
- 2013-36-4
- Buffaloware Sample Plate
- molded and glazed earthenware.
- Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment.
- 2005-11-3
Its dimensions are
H x diam.: 2 × 19 cm (13/16 × 7 1/2 in.)
It has the following markings
underglaze green Nymphenberg below a shield surmounted by a crown on underside center
Cite this object as
Sample Plate (Bavaria); Manufactured by Nymphenburg Porcelain Factory (Germany); hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel; H x diam.: 2 × 19 cm (13/16 × 7 1/2 in.); Gift of Michele Oka Doner in honor of Lisa Roberts; 2014-52-1
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color.
