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Sample plate

Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactoryca. 1930s

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Circular plate, the white ground with small, tear-shaped color samples painted around the rim and well, a different number painted in black above or below each sample; in center of plate, painted in black: "Stelling's Porcelaensfarver" (in script).

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  • Title: Sample plate
  • Creator: Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory
  • Creator Lifespan: 1775
  • Date Created: ca. 1930s
  • Type: Sample plate
  • Rights: Museum purchase from Charles E. Sampson Memorial Fund
  • Medium: Glazed porcelain
  • Markings: On underside: in underglaze green, circular format: "ROYAL" / image of a crown / COPENHAGEN / DENMARK", above three wavey lines in underglaze blue.
  • Inscribed: In center of plate: "Stelling's Porcelaensfarver"
  • Exhibitions: Multiple Choice: From Sample To Product, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, NY, November 9, 2007 - September 10, 2008.
  • Dimensions: H x diam.: 2.8 x 25.3 cm (1 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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