Plate
Plate

Currently not on view

Plate,

ca. 1791

French
y699

Information

Title
Plate
Dates

ca. 1791

Medium
Faience
Dimensions
3.8 cm x diam. 22.7 cm (1 1/2 x 8 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Trumbull-Prime Collection
Object Number
y699
Place Made

Europe, France, Nevers

Inscription
Written, in image area, above figure: Coit le moment de faire un petit / enfant 1791;
Culture
French
Type
ceramics, plates (dishes)
Materials
faience
Subject
figures (representations), birds, flags, putti, running ornament, zigzags

Mary Hollister Prime (née Trumbull) (1827-1872) and William Cowper Prime, Class of 1843 (1825-1905); 1890 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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