Commemorative plate from the Great Exhibition of All Nations, London: the Crystal Palace

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Commemorative plate from the Great Exhibition of All Nations, London: the Crystal Palace
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  • Title :     Commemorative plate from the Great Exhibition of All Nations, London: the Crystal Palace
  • Artist:     Unknown, Designer
  • Accession:     86.7.46
  • Country:     Great Britain Staffordshire
  • Date:     circa 1851
  • Dimensions:     Inches 6-3/8 diameter, Centimeters 16.2 diameter
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Decorative Arts and Furniture
  • Collection Theme:     World's Fairs and Expositions
  • Subject:     Architecture/Architectural Design , World's Fairs and Expositions , Ceramics/Ceramic Design , Commemoration
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     86.7.46.JPG
  • Tags:     World's Fairs and Expositions~Architecture~Decorative Arts and Furniture
Description:
Overall white gloss glazed ceramic plate with brown transfer-printed image of the Crystal Palace building and descriptive text; raised relief and painted floral decorations around border and blue line around rim.