Small, cream-colored circular plate with up-curved lobed rim. At the center of the plate are two, cream-colored fans with brown handles. They take up most of the plate. Inside the left fan are three birds, two perched on a small tree and one in flight. The right fan is mostly covered by the first, but in the small space of it we see is a butterfly in flight, as well as a few blades of grass. Outside of the two fans are flowers blossoming out of the borders of the fans.

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Plate (England)

This is a plate. It was manufactured by W.T. Copeland and Sons. It is dated ca. 1875–85 and we acquired it in 1999. Its medium is glazed earthenwarewith transfer-printed decoration. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

This object was donated by Brooklyn Museum. It is credited Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.

Fan
leather, painted and gilded.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-88-109-a,b

Fan is opened to reveal a black base and dark gold backdrop. Overlaid on the gold are many overlapping ciricular shapes, varying in color from blue, red, and lighter gold. Some circular shapes have multiple colors. Inside these circles are various shapes, including a 'plus' sign, flowers, and checkers.

Folding Fan, 1880–1900
printed cotton leaf on obverse with dyed and glazed cotton leaf on reverse;....
Gift of Heather Sandifer.
2016-9-1

Katagami, Butterfly and Maple Leaves
cut mulberry paper treated with persimmon tannin and silk thread.
Gift of Helen Snyder.
1976-103-161

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Katagami, Fans and Flowers on Trellis
cut mulberry paper treated with persimmon tannin and silk thread.
Gift of Helen Snyder.
1976-103-122

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 2.1 x 21.6 cm (13/16 x 8 1/2 in.)

It has the following markings

On base, in red ink: "2 / 428 / [?]"; impressed: "COPELAND / B / 9"

Cite this object as

Plate (England); Manufactured by W.T. Copeland and Sons; glazed earthenwarewith transfer-printed decoration; H x diam.: 2.1 x 21.6 cm (13/16 x 8 1/2 in.); Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection; 1999-42-15

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Passion for the Exotic: Japonism.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DFKK/
Accession Number 1999-42-15
Object ID 18669373