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Circular form; obverse: bust of Abraham Lincoln facing right flanked by engraved dates, 1809 / 1909; reverse: eagle on rock over sea; in field: "PRESERVE PROTECT / DEFEND".

Medal (USA), 1906
engraved bronze.
Gift of Victor David Brenner.
1906-33-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Decorated with landscape, mountains left, in background, tree right, in foreground, lion left, and frog right. Framework of rocaille scrolls.

Tile (England), ca. 1760
tin-glazed earthenware, red transfer-printed decoration.
Gift of Mrs. Harry Horton Benkard.
1938-71-1

This object was made by Sadler and Green.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

In the shape of a folded napkin with "folded corners".

Butter Pat (USA), ca. 1880
gilt silver-plated metal.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1995-148-6

This object was made by Simpson, Hall, Miller, & Co..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Formed with the cloisonné technique, showing raised ridges. Blue rooster with half of red sun, against yellow sky with rays from sun. One of a series representing various nations; this representing France, made at 25th anniversary of Queen Wilhelmina’s accession.

Cloisonné Tile (Netherlands), 1915
molded and lead-glazed earthenware.
Gift of Gertrude Whiting.
1936-2-1

This object was made by Porceleyne Fles.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Pair of square tiles of reddish buff clay with bottle-green glaze over incised lions. A) facing right; B) facing left. Faintly visible stamped on back: double wings surrounded by: W. De. Morgan 2 Co Sand's End Pottery

Pair Of Tiles (England), 1888–1898
glazed earthenware.
Museum purchase through gift of Georgiana L. McClellan.
1953-104-12-a,b

This object was made by Sand's End Pottery.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Smoker's set Tray, 1936–1937

Smoker's set Tray, 1936–1937
chromium-plated metal,enamel.
Gift of Mel Byars.
1991-59-95

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Snuff Box, early 19th century

Snuff Box, early 19th century
painted tôle.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Talbot Jones Taylor.
1912-18-22

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Circular form, the white crackled ground with brown Japanese-inspired transfer-printed decoration, the top section showing birds in flight over a body of water, shoreline with tree and flowering plants in foreground, the lower section composed of differently shaped panels of motifs including night sky, flowers, and geometric or arabesque patterns.

Melbourne Plate, ca. 1881-1885
glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-10

This object was made by Gildea & Walker.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Rectangular box, with rounded corners, of wood. Sides and tops covered with applied flowers carved in mother-of-pearl and tinted ivory. Silver bands around edge of box and cover. Inside bottom "nashiji" (pear ground) lacquer.

Box And Cover (Japan), late 19th century
shibayama technique carved mother-of-pearl and tinted ivory, silver,....
Gift of Anonymous Donor.
1952-164-9-a,b

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Flat, black, tapering rectangular form (a); top third of hard plastic with narrow metal touch control band in center; bottom two thirds of matte black pliable silicone encasing a jointed body that can be bent into a curved form. Separate small, black,rectangular, plastic and metal USB transceiver (b) on underside, attached via magnet.

Arc Touch Computer Mouse With Transceiver, 2010
molded abs plastic, polycarbonate, silicone, metal.
Gift of Microsoft.
2011-60-2-a,b

This object was made by Microsoft.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 5 images and 1 video of this object.

Flat, black, tapering rectangular form (a); top third of hard plastic with narrow metal touch control band in center; bottom two thirds of matte black pliable silicone encasing a jointed body that can be bent into a curved form. Separate small, black, rectangular, plastic and metal USB transceiver (b) on underside, attached via magnet.

Arc Touch Flexible Computer Mouse With Transceiver, 2010
molded abs plastic, polycarbonate, silicone, metal.
Gift of Microsoft.
2011-60-1-a,b

This object was made by Microsoft.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 6 images and 1 video of this object.

Six-sided form with circular caveto, the cream-colored ground with brown transfer-printed decoration of three birds in flight among a tree and flowers, above a geometric-patterned band and a section with flower decoration.

Rangoon Plate, ca. 1878–85
glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-3

This object was made by Francis. J. Emery.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Carrying case of cardboard covered with small patterned paper, trimmed with gold paper.

Box For A Miser's Purse (France), early 19th century
cardboard, paper.
Gift of Mrs. Albert Blum.
1953-106-91-b

This object is part of the Textiles collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Octagonal shape with gold-banded edge. Heavily guilded, incised water plants in center, with space-filling floral and leaf forms of gold, with enamel color dots and smaller gold dots. Porcelain with blue underglaze decoration and overglaze enamelling and gilding.

Plate (USA), 1886–1890
glazed and gilt porcelain.
Gift of Mrs. C. R. Dumble.
1939-24-2

This object was made by Faience Manufacturing Company.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Plate with fish, bird, and shell, bordered in blue.

Service Rousseau Plate, 1866
glazed and hand-painted earthenware.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1990-41-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Rectangular, flat bottom; edges bent at right angles to form gallery; each corner secured with brass rivet. Curved tapered handles at both long ends; attached to tray with six rivets. Undecorated.

Tea Tray (Netherlands), ca. 1903
brass.
Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
1986-14-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Circular form with up-curved lobed rim, the cream colored ground with Japanese-inspired transfer printed decoration in black and tones of brown and yellow showing two fans with scenes of birds and a butterfly among flowering plants and branches; the fans superimposed over a flowering branch, a flowing ribbon encircling the handles.

Plate (England), ca. 1875–85
glazed earthenwarewith transfer-printed decoration.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-15

This object was made by Copeland and W.T. Copeland and Sons.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Pressed terracotta with raised ornament and blue glaze. A) has arch with heart and flowers in rayed circle. B) has arch enclosing stylized flowers and letters SF. A) and D) have cartouche with date 1756 and top inscription: Las dich das bese nicht (Be not overcome by evil.) Modeled after an eighteenth century Pennsylvania German cast iron stove designs.

Four Tiles Forming Square (USA), 1937
pressed and glazed earthenware.
Museum purchase from the Misses Hewitt Fund.
1937-62-1-a/d

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

A white plate with a gold lip depicting a mouse sitting on a tree stump, playing the guitar with a mountain in the background.

Plate (France), ca. 1880
enameled, gilt and glazed porcelain.
Museum purchase through bequest of Dona Guimaraes and from Decorative Arts....
1993-124-4

This object was made by Pillivuyt & Cie.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Kaku square plate, medium Plate, 2008

Kaku square plate, medium Plate, 2008
reed, bamboo, bagasse pulp.
Gift of WASARA Co. Ltd..
2011-12-6

This object was made by WASARA Co. Ltd..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Circular; lambrequin border and central basket of flowers in terracotta color and blue on white ground.

Plate (France), 1710–30
tin-glazed thrown earthenware.
Gift of Mrs. George T. Bliss.
1907-23-4

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Octagonal, with a scalloped edge. Decorated with grotesque figures including a monkey band and a helmeted man carrying a shield inscribed "San-Peur" (Without Fear). Border of insects and flowers. Grayish green and ochre on white ground.

Plate (France), 1745–49
tin-glaze earthenware.
Gift of George A. Hearn.
1907-14-9

This object was made by Olérys and Laugier's pottery factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Square tile of red clay, stamped and inlaid with pipe clay in shape of double-headed. Right edge missing. Four circular pits on back.

Floor Tile (England), 14th century
red earthenware, inlaid with pipe clay.
Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund.
1955-144-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Dish with four lobes and eight points. The center is decorated with the young Ganymede and Jupiter in the form of an eagle. A sphinx on either side. Swags, scrolls, groteschi masks and diapered fields complete Berain-style design. Beaded edge with triple line and scrollwork.

Dish (France), mid- 18th century
tin-glazed earthenware.
Gift of Catharine Oglesby.
1958-119-7

This object was made by Clérissy Factory, Moustiers, France.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Group of four tiles, square, with blue underglaze decoration on buff ground, each with name of one of the four continents, and corresponding allegory and attributes within a circular medallion: -72a, "Asia," showing turbaned figure riding in a howdah on back of an elephant, with two attendants; birds in foreground, turreted architecture in background; -72b, "Europa," showing a lady, cavalier and dog in foreground, watching woman in a sedan chair carried by two men; European style buildings in background; -72c, "Africa" with a turbaned man and woman, with attendant holding parasol, with the attributes of monkey, ostrich and camel; -72d, "America" showing an Indian in feather skirt and headdress, carried on a litter by five similarly but less ornately dressed Indians, and attended by one holding a fan; at left a conquistador on horseback, and a cockatoo on a branch; in right background, a sailing ship.

Allegories of the Four Continents Tiles, early-mid 18th century
tin-glazed earthenware.
Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
1960-1-72-a

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Oval form, the white crackled ground decorated with blue Japanese-inspired tranfer-printed decoration: the rim with a wide band of abstract geometric design, with fine hatched lines, surrounding a narrow scalloped band; the well decorated with bands, medallions and panels of geometric motifs, a medallion showing a sailing vessel on water superimposed on a landscape within a rectangular frame.

Excelsior Platter, ca. 1880
glazed earthenware with transfer-printed decoration.
Gift of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Paul F. Walter Collection.
1999-42-8

This object was made by Old Hall Earthenware Co., Ltd..
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Circular form with scalloped edge; decorated with flowers and foliage, mythological Callot-esque figures. Green and ochre on white ground.

Plate (France), ca. 1750
tin-glazed earthenware.
Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
2008-40-4

This object was made by Olérys and Laugier's pottery factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Circular form with scalloped edge; decorated with flowers and foliage, Callot-style figures on staggered terraces. Green and ochre on white ground.

Plate (France), ca. 1750
tin-glazed earthenware.
Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
2008-40-3

This object was made by Olérys and Laugier's pottery factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Circular; with red star and the inscription, in Russian, "The reign of workers and peasants will be without end" around gilt overglaze rim border; in the center a white partial orb, a hammer and sickle, and the inscription, in Russian, "Commune."

The Reign of Workers and Peasants Will Be Without End Plate, 1920
enameled, gilt, glazed and molded porcelain.
The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase....
1989-41-14

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Under an arch supported by columns is a female figure in feather skirt, holding shield and arrow, seated on a tortoise; crested with shield and two figures.

Allegory of America Stove Tile, late 17th century
glazed earthenware.
Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
1960-1-73

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Octagonal form with fluted rim with thick dark green border; center decorated with three Callot-style figures and foliage in green and ochre on white ground.

Plate (France), ca. 1763
tin-glazed earthenware.
Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
2008-40-2

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Octagonal form with fluted rim with narrow green border; center decorated with three Callot-style figures and foliage in green and ochre on white ground.
One carries a flag with the words: Vive la paix.

Plate (France), ca. 1763
tin-glazed earthenware.
Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
2008-40-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

A circle chrome tray with a cream plastic inside. Tray also has two textured chrome handles on opposite sides.

Coronet Tray, 1938-1942
chrome-plated metal,plastic.
Gift of Mel Byars.
1991-59-90

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Circular; with hammer, sickle, cog gilded on a black ground in center and a wide border of brightly colored stylized flowers surrounding; gilded outer border

Hammer, Sickle, Cog, Floral Border Plate, 1918
enameled and gilt porcelain.
The Henry and Ludmilla Shapiro Collection; Partial gift and partial purchase....
1989-41-11

This object was made by State Porcelain Factory.
This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

In the shape of a mussel shell, narrower end flips open, hinged on underside. Striker on underside.

Mussel Shell Matchsafe, late 19th century
plated brass.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1978-146-335

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Young Man Smoking Matchsafe, ca. 1900
cast and incised silver.
Gift of Stephen W. Brener and Carol B. Brener.
1978-146-231

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.
There are 3 images of this object.