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Plate, "Elizabeth Medeira/Her Very Own"

Decorative Arts and Design

The inscription on the plate suggests that it was made for a young girl, Elizabeth Medeira.

DECORATOR RB
MEDIUM Glazed earthenware
DATES 1910
DIMENSIONS Diameter: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)  (show scale)
MARKINGS On bottom, painted in black: "198.9.10/R.B./S.E.G."
ACCESSION NUMBER 2007.7.1
CREDIT LINE Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle in memory of J. Fuller Feder, by exchange
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Circular thick-walled plate with wide flat lip and short foot-rim. Decorated with grainy matte glaze of natural/beige background and concentric yellow banding outlined in black and embellished with five pairs of seated rabbits separated by plants. On the inner yellow band in black, "ELIZABETH MADEIRA" and on the opposing side "HER VERY OWN"
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION RB. Plate, "Elizabeth Medeira/Her Very Own," 1910. Glazed earthenware, Diameter: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle in memory of J. Fuller Feder, by exchange, 2007.7.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007.7.1_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 2007.7.1_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2008
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RB. <em>Plate, "Elizabeth Medeira/Her Very Own,"</em> 1910. Glazed earthenware, Diameter: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Joseph F. McCrindle in memory of J. Fuller Feder, by exchange, 2007.7.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 2007.7.1_PS2.jpg)