Dinner Plate

CultureChinese
Titles
  • Dinner Plate
Datec. 1795
Made inChina
MediumHard-paste porcelain
Dimensions1 × 9 5/8 in. diameter (2.5 × 24.4 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, museum purchase funded by Mrs. William S. Kilroy
Object numberB.2013.8
Current Location
Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens
Ceramics Study Room
On view

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
DescriptionThis Chinese export porcelain plate has strong associations with Thomas Jefferson, who probably used tableware in this pattern at the President’s house, though he did not own it personally, nor have researchers found evidence that it was used at Monticello. Jefferson descendants sought to acquire the porcelain after he left the presidency, and officials sold government-owned property associated with Jefferson’s administration, strengthening the connection.
Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Recto: Inside crest, center: J
Verso: White label, top edge: TB 798 / RL 28 / MSS 05 / CHRISTIE'S

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c. 1800–1810
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding
B.2011.5.50
Dinner Plate (from a dinner service)
c. 1800–1810
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding
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c. 1800–1810
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding
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c. 1800–1810
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding
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c. 1800–1810
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding
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c. 1861–1870
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding
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c. 1800–1810
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding
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Dinner Plate (one of a pair)
c. 1842
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding
B.98.3.2
Side or Dessert Plate (from a dinner service)
c. 1800–1810
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding
B.2011.5.70
Side or Dessert Plate (from a dinner service)
c. 1800–1810
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding
B.2011.5.74
Image of B.2011.5.81 specifically
c. 1800–1810
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel and gilding
B.2011.5.81
Dinner Plate
c. 1850–1870
Hard-paste porcelain with enamel
B.2001.3