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Design for a Painted Porcelain Plate, Sucre de Canne (Sugar Cane) from the Service des Objets de Dessert (Dessert Service)

Jean-Charles Develly1819–20

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Design for a painted porcelain plate, rondel. Scene in a sugar shop. Figure of a black man, center, points to a large picture on the right wall depicting people working in a sugar cane field. He is explaining the scene to a young boy and girl. He holds an axe in his right hand to cut a piece of sugar cane in a dish placed on a table in front of him. A young boy, left foreground, seated at the table is tasting a piece of sugar cane. Another boy seated opposite him is processing sugar [?]. A cupboard, left background, holds large pieces of sugar cane.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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