Plate
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Caption
John Mackie Falconer (American, 1820–1903). Plate, ca. 1876. Painted porcelain, 1 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (3.2 x 24.1 x 24.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Queens Borough Public Library, 66.27.1. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Decorator
Retailer
Title
Plate
Date
ca. 1876
Geography
Place manufactured: Limoges, France, Place designed: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Medium
Painted porcelain
Classification
Dimensions
1 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (3.2 x 24.1 x 24.1 cm)
Signatures
Painted below pastoral scene in black script: "at Newtown Creek LI. J. M. Falconer, Brooklyn 1876"
Markings
Painted on back of plate in black script: "39 bis. / At Newtown Creek. / Long Island. / Augt 1851. / by J. M. Falconer. / Brooklyn L.I. / Augt 9th 1876. / (Limoges China)"
Credit Line
Gift of Queens Borough Public Library
Accession Number
66.27.1
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