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Push Plate

Decorative Arts and Design

On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM Porcelain
DATES ca. 1885
DIMENSIONS 7 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 5/16 in. (20.0 x 6.0 x 0.8 cm)  (show scale)
MARKINGS On reverse printed in red: "U.P.W."
ACCESSION NUMBER 1995.150.2
CREDIT LINE Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Push Plate, porcelain. White body, rectangular in shape, with semi-circular projections at top and bottom; molded on all edges. Holes within each circular projection for attachment to door. In center of push plate, in black letters: "PULL"; above and below are sprigs of flowers and foliage painted brown. CONDITION: Black lettering rubbed, especially at two middle letters. A series of three chips along right middle edge; other chips at each corner on the right.
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION Union Porcelain Works (1863–ca. 1922). Push Plate, ca. 1885. Porcelain, 7 7/8 x 2 3/8 x 5/16 in. (20.0 x 6.0 x 0.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Emma and Jay Lewis, 1995.150.2. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 1995.150.2.jpg)
IMAGE overall, 1995.150.2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
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