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Plate (France)

This is a plate. It was designed by Joseph Théodore Deck. It is dated ca. 1870 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is glazed earthenware. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

While the Hewitt sisters rarely bought objects that were even close to contemporary, this plate is an exception. Joseph-Théodore Deck, who became director of Sèvres in 1887, was an innovator in ceramics. His glazes produced strong colors and a variety of effects, including the appearance of champlevé enamel in this plate.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled An Inherited Innovation.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt.

Kremlin Service Dessert Plate
gilt and glazed hard-paste porcelain.
Museum purchase from General Acquisitions Endowment Fund.
2005-6-1

Dishes and cups, in assorted shades of light brown and off-white, are approximately arranged in two rows on a pale blue surface. From left to right, the front row featrures a stack of three flat plates, a larger white dish with a brown elliptical design in the center, and a similarly decorated lipped shallow dish to the right. Behind this row, again from left to right, is a solid light brown, shallow dish. Behind this dish is a white, handleless cup, which darkens in shade to a reddish-brown near the bottom. Next to the cup is a larger, off-white serving bowl, within which there is a smaller, light brown bowl. To its right are five cups, all without handles; three light brown cups stacked atop each other, and two off-white cups side-by-side. The latter are faintly shaded in a light, reddish-brown around the bottom. Two organic shapes, one resin-like and honey brown in color, and another, solid black crumpled object, are placed in the left center and to the far right corner of the display.

Latitude for Uniqueness Series, 2014-ongoing
tableware, research samples.
Courtesy of Kirstie Van Noort.
NATURE.033

A large royal blue circle with four circles budding from it is at center. Inside the circles are intricate designs of bronze stems and leaves and white flowers. Some flowers are opened, exposing the inside while others are closed, revealing the udnerside of the petals. A pink petal-like design is in the center of the large circle and is outlined in the same bronze color included in the stems and leaves. Four stylized flower designs are spread to each corner. There is a legend at the bottom of the page in order to identify the genus of each plant. The pink, blue, green, and bronze colors are shared by the four flower designs. The top two flowers have a spiky pink center as well as leaves and pointed stems. The bottom left flower has wavy petals of pink and royal blue with bronzey pistils. Tiny pink buds are symmetrically placed at the center of the stem. On the right, a flower with diamond shaped pink and blue petals make up the overall diamond shape of the plant. The center of the plant has five leaves shaped as a star.

Book, Floriated Ornament: A Series of Thirty-One Designs
lithograph on paper with hand-colored plates.
Gift of Leopold Eidlitz, Smithsonian Libraries, NK1565 .P8X 1849.
139.2018.5

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 7 x 50 cm (2 3/4 x 19 11/16 in.)

It has the following markings

On underside, impressed: "TIDECK"

Cite this object as

Plate (France); Designed by Joseph Théodore Deck (French, 1823 - 1891); glazed earthenware; H x diam.: 7 x 50 cm (2 3/4 x 19 11/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1931-40-37

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Hewitt Sisters Collect.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2BTtt/
Accession Number 1931-40-37
Object ID 18318573