Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, L'Ananas (Pineapple) from the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. The setting is the interior of a greenhouse. A man in right foreground is holding a pineapple in his left hand while offering a taste of the fruit in his right hand to two small girls. Another man at center points to a wall thermometer to verify the ideal room temperature to ripen pineapples. A watering can in the left foreground leans on a table which holds potted pineapples. Snakes hang from rafter supports in the middleground. A map showing Mexico and Brazil is mounted on the rear wall. Light streams through the multi-paned window at right.