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Collection Online as of September 28, 2023

Plate from Dessert Service: Tall Blue Aster

c. 1800

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made by

Derby (Crown Derby Period)

(British)

England, Derby, 18th century

Porcelain

Diameter: 23.6 cm (9 5/16 in.); Overall: 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.)

Bequest of Mrs. Severance A. Millikin 1989.189.10

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

inscribed in blue on back: Aster Alpinus Elata/Tall Blue Aster./crown/crossed batons and dots/D/115. Near edge: 9.

Derby (Crown Derby Period)

the "Crown Derby" period began in 1784 when the factory adopted a crowned D as its mark.
Provenance
(Stair & Co., New York); Severance and Greta Millikin, Cleveland, 1953.
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1989.189.10