Cabinet plate with orchids

Manufacturer Lenox Incorporated (American)

Artist William Morley

Manufacturer Lenox, Incorporated

Date1906-1920

Geographic OriginTrenton, New Jersey | United States of America

MediumSlip-cast porcelain with clear glaze, enamel and gold paste

DimensionsOverall: H 1 x Diam 10 1/2 in. (H 2.5 x Diam 26.7 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 2006 Estate of Clara Streissguth

Object number2006.11.13

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Label Caption Title Cabinet plate with orchids

Marks and Labels/StampsSigned center right "W. H. Morley"; printed green Lenox mark; painted gold mark: "1830/x.59.G / X"; brown embossed plastic sticker "16"; retangular typed paper label "Service Plate / 1830 / x59G / Green Morley / Orchids" and a smaller paper label with "#370" in inkProvenancepurchased at Christie's April 2006; Brown-Forman material from Lenox Archives; lot 335, $360 for FOUR platesExhibition History"Hot, Hotter, Hottest: 300 Years of New Jersey Ceramics", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (October 21, 2016 - March 14,2020).
"The Lenox Legacy:America's Greatest Porcelain, 1889-2005", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (August 2008 - September 2011)

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