Bread Plate

1880–89

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 774

This majolica bread plate, molded in the shape of an oak-leaf, exhibits exceptional glazing. Majolica was a popular artware made in England and America in the 1870s and 1880s. The very distinctive glazes and molded forms are a continuation of the molded yellow-ware production that prospered in America in the mid-nineteenth century; an area well-represented in the American Wing. It is not only a marked example, but is identical to an illustration in a trade catalog published by the factory in the 1880s.

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Provenance

Title:
Bread Plate
Maker:
Griffen, Smith and Hill (1880–1889)
Date:
1880–89
Geography:
Made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Culture:
American
Medium:
Earthenware
Dimensions:
H. 9 1/2 in. (24.1 cm); Diam. 12 in. (30.5 cm)
Credit Line:
Gift of Beatrice B. Slater, 1984
Object Number:
1984.220
Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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