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PLATE FROM THE GIBSON GIRL SERVICE, ONE OF TWO

Creator(s): Royal Doulton and Company (Manufacturer) , Charles Dana Gibson (After)

On view in: Pantry


About this object

The plates have a light blue border with acanthus leaves pointing towards thee center. In the center of the plate in a rectangle is a transfer picture after illustrations by C.D. Gibson's. The scene is of the garden of a convent. A nun sits on a bench beneath a tree with three children around her. To the far left is a group of priests.

Object name:
PLATE FROM THE GIBSON GIRL SERVICE, ONE OF TWO
Made from:
Bone china
Made in:
Burslem, England
Date made:
ca. 1930
Size:
26.2 cm (10 5/16 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
26.166.2
Class:
CERAMICS
Signature marks:
MARK; INSCRIPTION; SIGNATURE on back in blue: lion standing on a crown and a circular medallion with an inscription, Royal Doulton, England; on front: And here, winning new friends and not losing the old ones, we leave her; on front lower left: CD Gibson
Credit line:
Gift of Mrs. Augustus Riggs, 1975