Plate (c. 1785): Artwork and History
Plate at the Art Institute of Chicago: date, artist attribution, materials and the museum's explanation of the work.
Plate (c. 1785) is in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. The museum lists its creator attribution as China (for the American market).
The work and its context
The Art Institute of Chicago describes the work:
The center of this plate depicts a fanciful figure of Fame with the emblem of the Society of the Cincinnati, a group founded in the wake of the American Revolution to preserve rights and liberties. Originally enhanced with gilt decoration, the blue-and-white underglaze border, known as the Fitzhugh pattern, incorporates flowers, butterflies, and Chinese decorative motifs. George Washington, the society’s first president, and Colonel Henry Lee, a Revolutionary War cavalry officer, both owned extensive dinner services in this pattern.
Object facts
- Title: Plate
- Date: c. 1785
- Artist attribution: China (for the American market)
- Place of origin: China
- Medium: Porcelain, polychrome enamels, and gilding
- Dimensions: 3.2 × 24.5 cm (1 1/4 × 9 5/8 in.)
- Type: Ceramics
- Department: Applied Arts of Europe
- Reference number: 1958.224
Collection credit
Bequest of Frederick S. Colburn
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