Dinner Plate with the Arms of Ker-Martin
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1790
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Octagonal marli with cartouches of the Four Continents: Asia reclining, with parasol, camel, pyramid, and pagoda; Europe as sailor, seated on cornucopia, with ship and cannon as attributes; Africa, nude, seated on rock, with elephant and crocodile; America with feathered headdress, bow and arrow, and unidentified animal, possibly a bear; between cartouches, four diapered ovals with urns; in center, figure of Hope, with anchor, leaning against shield with the arms of William Ker (born 1775), Jane Martin on escutcheon of pretence; surrounding it, husk garland and four anchors.
place: label: made in
content: China (for British market)
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Product Design and Decorative Arts Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-1-68
objectType: label: Type
content: ceramics
label: Type
content: Decorative Arts
label: Object Name
content: plate
label: Type
content: plate
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold
label: Dimensions
content: H x diam.: 2.4 × 24.8 cm (15/16 × 9 3/4 in.)