Plate
Unknown Artist
1815–30
Medium
Porcelain
Dimensions
H. 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); Diam. 9 7/16 in. (24 cm)
Classification
Plate
Culture
French
Department
The American Wing
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Alan W. Carrick, 1967
Accession Number
Inst.67.15.45
Art Historical Context
This elegant porcelain plate, crafted in France between 1815 and 1830, exemplifies the refined tableware of the Bourbon Restoration era. Measuring just 1⅝ inches high and 9⅜ inches in diameter, its shallow form was ideal for serving delicate dishes at formal dinners. Porcelain, a medium prized for its translucent whiteness and durability, represented a pinnacle of European ceramic innovation during this period, blending artistry with technical mastery achieved through high-fired kaolin clay. Historically, such plates emerged amid France's post-Napoleonic recovery, when luxury goods like these...