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"Corsica"

Wood & Challinormid-19th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Scalloped-edge plate with green transfer-printed decoration on white ground. Central scene depicting Renaissance couple surrounded by classical architectural structures, columns, urns and mountainous landscape. Border of four alternating cartouches, two with architectural motifs, two with baskets of blooming flowers; between each reserve are dense patterns with alternating decorative motifs. Condition note: small chip on border.

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  • Title: "Corsica"
  • Creator: Wood & Challinor
  • Date Created: mid-19th century
  • Physical Dimensions: w245 x h30 cm
  • Type: Plate
  • Rights: Gift of Paul F. Walter
  • Medium: Earthenware, transfer-printed decoration
  • Markings: printed on underside: neoclassical urn flanked by flowers atop base with "Corsica" printed across it. Beneath looped rope motif in which "W&C" are printed with in open reserves.
  • Exhibitions: Multiple Choice: From Sample To Product, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, NY, November 9, 2007 - September 10, 2008.
  • Dimensions: 3 x 24.5 cm (1 3/16 x 9 5/8 in. )
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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