deem-data/ArtiFact huggingface dataset:
Paskaart van een gedeelte van de noordoostkust van Brazilië
Object type: print
Date: 1683 – 1799
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: sailing-ship, sailing-boat, woodcutting, woodcutter ~ forestry, indigenous peoples of south america, trees: palm-tree, americans with african roots, african-americans, brasil
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Paskaart van een gedeelte van de noordoostkust van Brazilië en een inzetkaart van de omgeving van de stad Natal, met drie kompasrozen. Middenboven de titel en het adres van de uitgever, geflankeerd door een man met een verentooi en een staf en een vrouw. Linksonder zijn vier mannen bezig met het zagen van hout. Onder de mannen staat de schaalverdeling, welke is weergegeven in Duitse, Spaanse en Engelse of Franse mijlen (schaal: c. 1:1.100.000).
Limestone model of a coffin
Object type: model of a coffin
Date: 1050 – 950
Materials: limestone
Culture: cypriot
Portret van Johannes Frederik Bockelman
Object type: print
Date: 1700 – 1730
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: leiden
Subjects: leiden, historical persons, professor

Prent zonder omlijsting gebruikt in: Fundatoris, curatorum et professorum celeberrimorum, aliorumque illustrium virorum, quorum gratia, favore cura, doctrinaque adademia Lugduno-Batava (...). Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, [ca. 1716].
Sword Guard (<i>Tsuba</i>)
Object type: sword guard tsuba
Date: 1667 – 1733
Materials: gold alloy, gold
Culture: japanese
Location: japan
Artist: mino school
Artist role: fittings maker
Artist nationality: japanese
Artist dates: 1600 – 1900
Delfshaven
Object type: print
Date: 1867 – 1890
Materials: paper
Techniques: drypoint, intaglio
Artist: philip zilcken
Artist role: draughtsman, painter
Artist dates: 1857 – 1930
Subjects: prospect of village, silhouette of village, sailing-ship, sailing-boat, windmill in landscape, hay-stack, delfshaven
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Waterlandschap met zeilboot, molens, een hooibaal en in de verte Delfshaven.
Woman with a Scottish Hat
Object type: print
Date: 1865 – 1865
Materials: paper, steel
Techniques: etching
Location: belgium
Artist: félicien rops
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: belgian
Artist dates: 1833 – 1898
Christ Saving Eve
Object type: drawing
Date: 1595 – 1654
Materials: ink
Techniques: brush
Artist: hans jakob nüscheler the elder
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: swiss
Artist dates: 1583 – 1654
Subjects: skeletons,women,christ,eve
Honderdvijftigjarig bestaan van het weeshuis der Waalse gemeente te Amsterdam
Object type: history medal
Date: 1821 – 1821
Materials: silver
Techniques: engraving
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: amsterdam

Zilveren penning. Voorzijde: opschrift binnen slangerond. Keerzijde: opschrift binnen slangerond; randschrift
Ischia, 1904 (from Sketchbook)
Object type: drawing
Date: 1904 – 1904
Materials: graphite, paper
Culture: american
Artist: mary newbold sargent
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1826 – 1906
Subjects: mountains
Actress leaning against column, from the Actresses series (N664) promoting Old Fashion Fine Cut Tobacco
Object type: photograph
Date: 1888 – 1890
Techniques: albumen silver print
Subjects: portraits,women,actresses

Trade cards from the "Actresses" series (N664), issued 1888-90 to promote Old Fashion Fine Cut Tobacco.
Equivalent
Object type: photograph
Date: 1931 – 1931
Materials: paper
Techniques: gelatin silver print, photography
Location: united states
Artist: alfred stieglitz
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1864 – 1946

For more on the Alfred Stieglitz collection at the Art Institute, along with in-depth object information, please visit the website: The Alfred Stieglitz Collection.
Leopard-Shaped Pectoral
Object type: pectoral ornament
Date: 600 – 501
Materials: bronze
Culture: chinese
Subjects: leopards
Figuren op een binnenplaats naast een muur
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1909 – 1909
Materials: pencil
Location: tunis
Artist: marius bauer
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1867 – 1932
Subjects: courtyard

Pagina 61 uit een schetsboek met 67 bladen.
Luiermand van gevlochten wilgenteen
Object type: miniature
Date: 1676 – 1676
Materials: glass, metal, plant material
Location: halle
Artist: Anonymous

Luiermand van gespleten wilgenteen fijnscheenwerk, rechthoekige hoge mand met open wanden, voorzien van vier handvatten. De mand rust op vier bolpoten en is versierd met vier knoppen op de stijlen. De bolpoten en de knoppen zijn vervaardigd van zwart glazen kralen op een speld geregen.
Beaker
Object type: beaker
Date: 1801 – 1900
Materials: metal
Location: hungary
Knife (Korambi) with Sheath
Object type: knife korambi with sheath
Date: 1701 – 1900
Materials: steel, wood
Culture: indonesian
Location: indonesia
Kwatrijnen bij voorstellingen van een lakei en een wasvrouw
Object type: album leaf
Date: 1641 – 1641
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing
Location: amsterdam
Inscriptions: date

Drie keer twee kwatrijnen in het Frans, Nederlands en Engels bij voorstellingen van een lakei en een wasvrouw. Het blad maakt deel uit van een album.
Henry Brandon
Object type: print
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: italy
Artist: francesco bartolozzi
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: italian
Artist dates: 1728 – 1815
Portret van Christoph Rothenhofer
Object type: print
Date: 1648 – 1705
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Subjects: historical persons, armorial bearing, heraldry
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2233

Onder het portret zijn wapenschild. Onder het portret een vierregelig vers.
Kris
Object type: kris
Date: 1701 – 1900
Materials: silver, steel
Culture: philippine, moro
Location: philippines
Officer, 2nd Battery, Maryland, National Guard, from the Military Series (N224) issued by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes
Object type: print
Date: 1888 – 1888
Techniques: color lithograph
Artist: kinney brothers tobacco company
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1869 – 2011
Subjects: military,soldiers,swords,men

Trade cards from the "MIlitary Series" (N224), issued in 1888 by Kinney Tobacco Company to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.
Bridal Trip, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 8) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes
Object type: photograph
Date: 1888 – 1888
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: allen & ginter
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: american
Subjects: portraits,women,actresses

Trade cards from the "Actors and Actresses" series (N45, Type 8), issued ca. 1888 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights, Dixie, Our Little Beauties and Opera Puffs Cigarettes.
Bird pendant
Object type: pendant
Date: 300 – 700
Materials: jade
Culture: central region
Location: costa rica
Artist: central region artist(s)
Artist role: artist
Subjects: birds

Tropical Costa Rica is the habitat of an enormous number of bird species, many of which acquired symbolic dimensions in depictions in stone. This pendant, made of a jadeite of great clarity, features a toucan. Yet its upright stance and folded arms indicate that the figure is anthropomorphic, implying perhaps that it is a masked or transformation figure. Greenstone pendants were manufactured from a variety of raw materials in the Central and the Greater Nicoya regions of Costa Rica starting as early as 500 BCE, until around 800 CE. Although some of those materials were locally available, the nearest known source specifically of jadeite is in the region of the Motagua River in Guatemala. Therefore, the use of jadeite in ancient Costa Rica reveals long-distance connections across Central America. The appearance of this distinctive style of pendant, made from imported materials, during a period of incipient social inequalities, suggests that they were a sign of prestige and differentiation.
Antoninianus (Coin) Portraying Emperor Aurelian
Object type: coin
Date: 270 – 275
Culture: roman
Location: roman empire
Inscriptions: Obverse: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG
Reverse: RES[TI]TVT ORBIS Γ

The front (obverse) of this coin portrays the head of Emperor Aurelian, facing to the right. The back (reverse) depicts the emperor standing and receiving a wreath from a female figure.
Vrouw met een lichaam opgebouwd uit boeken
Object type: print
Date: 1830 – 1830
Materials: paper
Techniques: hand coloring, lithograph
Location: london
Subjects: ink-well, book
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark: Lugt 4779

Een vrouw met een lichaam bestaande uit boeken van verschillend formaat, zittend op een stoel naast een tafel. In haar rechterhand houdt zij een opengeslagen boek, haar linkerhand rust op een boek dat op de tafel ligt.
Three Haloed Female Figures
Object type: print
Date: 1610 – 1650
Techniques: engraving, etching
Artist: matthäus merian the elder
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: swiss
Artist dates: 1593 – 1650
Subjects: women
Rebus met tientallen voorstellingen
Object type: print
Date: 1564 – 1564
Materials: paper
Techniques: letterpress printing
Location: netherlands
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: rebus
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240

Rebus met tientallen voorstellingen in een geornamenteerd ovaal van arabesken, vruchten en bloemen. In een kader twee kolommen met zeven regels Franse en zeven regels Nederlandse tekst.
Jurk van witte katoen met blauwe noppen
Object type: doll's clothing
Materials: cotton
Artist: Anonymous

Jurk van witte katoen met blauwe noppen.
Gezicht op de Plantage Franselaan
Object type: drawing
Date: 1791 – 1791
Materials: paper, watercolor
Techniques: brush
Location: amsterdam
Artist: jurriaan andriessen
Artist role: draughtsman, painter
Artist dates: 1742 – 1819
Subjects: city-view in general; 'veduta', road, path
Inscriptions: inscription: ‘Port. 11-263’, collector's mark: ‘11’ Lugt 1641b, inscription: ‘inde Plantagie / de (...) en Prinsengragt / 9 18/1 1’, inscription: ‘In de Plantage (...) D.C. Meijer Jr’

Onderwerpsrubriek binnen de Atlas Amsterdam: Paleisstraat, Palmgracht, Papenbrugsteeg, Passeerdersgracht, Peperstraat, Pieterspoort (St.), Pieterssteeg (St.), Plantage, Prinseneiland.
Ribbon
Object type: ribbon
Date: 1801 – 1833
Materials: metal, silk
H. Constantia
Object type: print
Date: 1623 – 1668
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: gouda
Subjects: female saints (with name)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Twee vrouwen knielen in aanbidding voor de Heilige Constantia, die is gekroond en een scepter in de handen houdt. Twee cherubijnen kijken toe vanuit de hemel.
Brief aan Philip Zilcken
Object type: letter
Materials: ink, paper
Techniques: pen, writing
Location: sluis
Artist: frans erens
Artist role: criticus, prozaschrijver
Artist dates: 1857 – 1935
Subjects: the hague, print maker, draughtsman, isaac israels, philip zilcken
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘RPK’
Tiraz Fragment
Object type: textile fragment
Materials: linen, silk
Techniques: embroidery
Location: egypt
Netsuke of Ashinaga and Tenaga with an Octopus
Object type: netsuke
Date: 1701 – 1800
Materials: wood
Culture: japanese
Subjects: men,octopus

Ashinaga ("long legs") and Tenaga ("long arms") are two mythical figures who utilize their enhanced extremities to capture creatures from the ocean. The pair thus transforms what might at first appear as physical disfigurements into a mutually beneficial attribute. Here Tenaga grasps the day's catch, an octopus, in his left hand. In turn, the octopus' tentacles ensnare Ashinaga's legs and Tenaga's arm, and one tentacle reaches up toward Ashinaga's back.
Architectuurperspectieven
Object type: ornament print
Date: 1601 – 1601
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: antwerp
Subjects: city-view in general; 'veduta', canal, street

Stadsgezicht in semi-vogelvlucht. Links en rechts op de voorgrond staan gebouwen. Daartussen rijdt een heer te paard, begeleid door hellebaardiers. Op de gracht vaart een boot. De prent maakt deel uit van een album.
Terracotta Tomb Plaque
Object type: relief
Date: 400 – 800
Materials: terracotta
Culture: spanish
Subjects: arches

This plaque is thought to be a cover for a niche in a columbarium, or communal tomb. The Christogram--the monogram for Christ's name formed from the first two letters of his name in Greek (x and p), identifies the deceased as Christian. Scholars debate the meaning of the inscription in Latin, which may be a prayer for the deceased.
Kaart van het graafschap Namen
Object type: print
Date: 1647 – 1667
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching, hand coloring
Location: paris
Subjects: maps of separate countries or regions
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Kaart van het graafschap Namen. Rechtsonder de titelcartouche. Daarboven drie schaalstokken: 10 Mille Pas Geometriques / 4 Lieües Communes de France / 3 Lieües Communes de Pays Bas. De kaart is voorzien van een gradenverdeling langs de randen.
Een Nijeuliet vant jaer 88
Object type: drawing
Date: 1652 – 1652
Materials: ink, paper, watercolor
Techniques: brush, calligraphy
Location: zwolle
Artist: gesina ter borch
Artist role: draughtsman
Artist dates: 1633 – 1690

Oud Rederijker lied. Gesina heeft onderaan in haar eigen woorden een variant op de geciteerde Bijbelse tekst toegevoegd. Tekening naar schilderij van Gerard ter Borch de Jonge (Aanmoediging om te drinken, waarschijnlijk 1648).
La magnifique, et sumptueuse Pompe Funebre, faite aus Obseques & Funerailles du tres-grand & tres-victorieus Empereur Charles Cinquième, Celebrées en la Vile de Bruxelles le XXIX. Iour du Mois de Decembre M.D.LVIII. par Philippes Roy Catholique d'Espaignes son Fils.
Object type: text sheet
Date: 1559 – 1559
Materials: paper
Techniques: hand coloring, letterpress printing
Location: antwerp
Subjects: ghent, charles v (holy roman emperor and king of spain), brussels

Tekstblad bij de Begrafenisoptocht van keizer Karel V, 1558. Tekstblad met titel en beschrijving van de optocht. In ornamentele randen in houtsnede. Vierde blad.
Fragment of a Handle with Wavy Band
Object type: fragment
Date: 801 – 1100
Materials: earthenware
Techniques: molding
Location: iraq

This ceramic fragment was excavated in Ctesiphon, the Sasanian metropolis and administrative capital conquered by Arab Muslim armies in 637. The city was known in Arabic as al-Mada’in, or "the cities", for its extended area. Arab historians indulge in describing al-Mada’in/Ctesiphon’s grand monuments, which obsessed Muslim rulers and may have acquired a symbolic meaning related to its imperial past. This was the case of the Taq-i Kisra, an impressively-sized ivan (a vaulted hall with one side open) partially dismantled to reuse its bricks in caliphal buildings in the new capital Baghdad. Finds like this fragment, which was excavated at a site named Selman Pak I, attest to the continued occupation of Ctesiphon’s urban area in the early Islamic period. The handle would have originally belonged to a ewer, and could have had a variably-shaped thumb rest.
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 490 – 470
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic
Artist: brygos painter
Artist role: artist

Exterior, at the left, drapery; head and upper torso of a filleted male with his right arm raised
Vase ornament for console
Object type: vase ornament
Date: 1701 – 1800
Materials: gilt, wood
Slag bij Steenbergen, 1583
Object type: history print
Date: 1670 – 1699
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: netherlands
Artist: romeyn de hooghe
Artist role: draughtsman, goldsmith, painter, print maker
Artist dates: 1645 – 1708
Subjects: battle, fighting in general

Waarschijnlijk vervaardigd voor een uitgave van Histoire de la guerre de Flandre, van F. Strada, eind 17e eeuw. Staat vóór de letter.
"Yusuf Summoned by Zulaykha to Serve at a Feast", Folio from a Yusuf and Zulaykha
Object type: folio from an illustrated manuscript
Date: 1501 – 1600
Materials: gold, ink, paper, watercolor
Location: iran
Subjects: men
Mummy Mask of a Woman
Object type: mask, cartonnage, woman
Materials: fiber, paint, plaster
Location: middle egypt
Subjects: masks,women
Strasbourg Woman
Object type: print
Date: 1644 – 1650
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: bohemia
Artist: wenceslaus hollar
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: bohemian
Artist dates: 1607 – 1677
Tobias verwijdert de ingewanden van de vis
Object type: print
Date: 1601 – 1652
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: netherlands
Subjects: the angel raphael tells tobias to cut the fish to pieces, tobias cuts up the fish and removes the heart, liver and gall
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228, collector's mark: Lugt 1403b

Tobias haalt in opdracht van de aartsengel Rafaël het hart, de lever en de gal uit de vis. Naast Tobias staat zijn hond. Rond de voorstelling een randschrift in het Nederlands en in het Latijn.
Mathew B. Brady
Object type: painting
Date: 1857 – 1857
Materials: canvas, oil
Culture: american
Artist: charles loring elliott
Artist role: artist
Artist dates: 1812 – 1868
Subjects: men,portraits
Landschap met vlucht naar Egypte
Object type: print
Date: 1700 – 1738
Materials: paper
Techniques: etching
Location: france
Subjects: river - hh - ideal landscapes, rest on the flight into egypt
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240
Dish
Object type: dish
Date: 1650 – 1700
Materials: enamel, porcelain
Techniques: painting, polychrome
Culture: japanese
Subjects: flowers,leaves
Sixth Avenue
Object type: photograph
Date: 1866 – 1871
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: albumen print
Location: central park
Artist: george gardner rockwood
Artist role: fotograaf
Artist dates: 1832 – 1911
Subjects: avenue, boulevard, promenade, esplanade, public gardens, park
Fragment zijdeweefsel met veelkleurig borduurwerk
Object type: zijdesatijn
Date: 1680 – 1680
Materials: linen, textile, silk
Techniques: embroidered, weave
Location: netherlands

Fragment wit zijdeweefsel met veelkleurig borduurwerk. Op het rechthoekige fragment is een V-vorm geborduurd die is gevuld met gestrooide bloemen en bladeren en langs de benen van de V een bloemenrank. Buiten de V-vorm heeft het patroon eveneens gestrooide bloemen en bladeren.
Terracotta fragment of a kylix (drinking cup)
Object type: kylix fragment
Date: 475 – 451
Materials: terracotta
Culture: greek, attic

Black glazed fragment from a kylix, with part of a red glazed line on the exterior; lipped on the inside
Foto uit archief Jan Veth
Object type: photograph
Date: 1965 – 1965
Materials: photographic support
Techniques: photography
Location: amsterdam
Subjects: dordrecht, painter, designer, jan veth, amsterdam, draughtsman, wally moes, historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: ‘RPK’
Portret van Martin Luther
Object type: print
Date: 1650 – 1750
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: germany
Artist: Anonymous
Subjects: priest, martin luther, theologian, ornament ~ medallion, historical persons
Acht plekken rond de rivier de Vologne
Object type: page
Date: 1888 – 1898
Materials: paper
Techniques: photograph
Location: vosges
Subjects: river, forest, wood
Inscriptions: number: ‘Pl. V.’

Nummers 35 tot en met 42 zijn gezichten op de rivier en de bosrijke vallei.
Architectuurdetails en een plank
Object type: sketchbook leaf
Date: 1934 – 1943
Materials: ink, paper, pencil
Techniques: pen
Artist: carel adolph lion cachet
Artist role: draughtsman, print maker
Artist dates: 1864 – 1945
Subjects: architectural detail
Inscriptions: annotation: ‘[....]’

Blad 17 recto uit een schetsboek met 19 bladen.
Dish with Ram
Object type: dish
Date: 200 – 1
Materials: stone
Culture: gandhara
Subjects: gandhara,rams
Liberalitas
Object type: print
Date: 1663 – 1716
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving, etching
Location: france
Subjects: historical persons, generosity, liberality; 'generosità', 'liberalità' (ripa)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 240

Maakt deel uit van een veertiendelige serie opgedeeld in twee reeksen, met als onderwerp de zeven vrije kunsten en deugden naar schilderijen door Sébastien Bourdon. De schilderijen werden in 1663 vervaardigd voor de Grande Galerie van het Hôtel de Bretonvilliers te Parijs.
Writing Box (Suzuribako) with Chinese Poet Su Dongpo and Attendant
Object type: writing box
Date: 1751 – 1800
Materials: gold, silver, wood
Techniques: lacquer
Culture: japanese
Subjects: men,donkeys

The exterior of the lid of this writing box depicts one of the most famous poets and statesmen in Chinese history, Su Dongpo (1037–1101), also known as Su Shi. He rides a donkey, referencing a story in which he borrowed a farmer’s simple clothes in rainy weather. This box was embellished by burnishing sprinkled gold and silver powders (togidashimaki-e) to achieve a smooth surface and a painterly composition.
Portret van Lodewijk XIV, koning van Frankrijk, met kanten kraag voorzien van twee kwasten
Object type: print
Date: 1661 – 1661
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Location: paris
Subjects: lodewijk xiv (koning van frankrijk)
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Historische taferelen
Object type: print
Date: 1830 – 1904
Materials: paper
Techniques: engraving
Artist: edouard vermorcken
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1820 – 1906
Subjects: dog (with name of kind), nobility and patriciate; chivalry, knighthood
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228

Prent maakt deel uit van een serie van een onbekend aantal prenten, waarvan het Rijksmuseum Amsterdam er in elk geval zes bezit: RP-P-1904-2710A t/m F.
Dish with large lotus, weeping willow and plants
Object type: platter
Date: 1800 – 1899
Materials: cobalt, glaze, gold, paint, porcelain
Techniques: firing, gilding, turning, vitrification
Location: china
Artist: Anonymous

Schotel van porselein, Imari. In het plat een grondje met takken en bloemen. Op de rand drie grote onregelmatige blauwe vakken met rode margrieten en gouden spiralen.
Card Number 96, Ruth Stetson, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-6) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes
Object type: photograph
Date: 1880 – 1889
Techniques: albumen silver print
Artist: w. duke, sons & co.
Artist role: publisher
Artist nationality: american
Artist dates: 1870 – 1920
Subjects: portraits,women,actresses

Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-6), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Duke Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the sixth subset, N145-6. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy.
A Whig Medal, evidently issued by the city, to Commemorate the Passage of the 2nd Reform Bill, 1832
Object type: medal
Date: 1832 – 1832
Materials: bronze
Techniques: struck
Artist: benjamin wyon
Artist role: artist
Artist nationality: british
Artist dates: 1802 – 1858
Subjects: men,profiles,women
Portret van Heinrich Adolf Schrader
Object type: print
Date: 1827 – 1862
Materials: paper
Techniques: lithograph
Artist: paul rohrbach
Artist role: print maker
Artist dates: 1817 – 1862
Subjects: historical persons, physician, doctor
Inscriptions: collector's mark: Lugt 2228
Platter
Object type: platter
Date: 1765 – 1770
Materials: porcelain
Culture: chinese
Location: china
Subjects: flowers

Chinese export porcelain was one of the luxuries deemed essential to a well-appointed eighteenth-century house. Until 1784, when direct trade began between China and America, Chinese porcelain came to the colonies by way of Europe. This platter was part of a large service that descended in the Verplanck family of New York.