An octagonal shaped plate with a white background.and light purple shaded rim. Two stylized dark purple flowers on the top right cascade with light purple foliage around the edges of the plate.

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Plate Plate

This is a plate. It was manufactured by Rozenburg Pottery and Porcelain Factory and painted by Samuel Schellink. It is dated 1901 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is porcelain, vitreous enamel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Arthur G. Altschul. It is credited Gift of Arthur Altschul.

Round white porcelain plate with wavy brown-edged rim, painted with plants and insects. At center, tall lobed bocconia leaves in shades of green, teal, and purple. At left, a spray of small round pale yellow fruits. Surrounding the large plants are the same fruits, insects, and smaller flowers. At twelve o'clock, a purple insect with wings folded, and a small fruit; at one o'clock, a sprig with clover-like pale purple flowers; at three o'clock, two small fruits and a purple and yellow butterfly; at five o'clock, small purple flowers; at six o'clock, a small fruit, and an olive green caterpillar crawling up the stem of the lobed leaf at center left.

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
1957-11-8

An ovular vase with white background. Overlayed is a floral pattern, with stems of various shapes and sizes sprouting from the bottom of the vase. Several salmon-colored pedals open out of these stems toward the top of the vase. At the top, green leaves bundle together to form a bushy texture, with more pedals opening up on top of them.

Vase Vase
porcelain, vitreous enamel.
Gift of Arthur Altschul.
1994-117-6

Tray Tray
porcelain, vitreous enamel.
Gift of Justin G. Schiller.
1992-100-16

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porcelain, vitreous enamel.
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porcelain.
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Its dimensions are

25.3 x 1.6 cm (9 15/16 x 5/8 in.)

It has the following markings

On underside of plate: [1] a crown above an image of a heron with "Rozenburg" above and "den Haag" below, stamped in black (factory mark). [2] the letter "S" with a line down the middle, painted in black (painter's mark). [3] an ant, painted in black (date mark; 1901). [4] "88", painted in black (inventory number).

Cite this object as

Plate Plate; Manufactured by Rozenburg Pottery and Porcelain Factory (Netherlands); Painted by Samuel Schellink (1876 – 1958); Netherlands; porcelain, vitreous enamel; 25.3 x 1.6 cm (9 15/16 x 5/8 in.); Gift of Arthur Altschul; 1994-117-1

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Botanical Expressions.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Dzh2/
Accession Number 1994-117-1
Object ID 18647581