PLATE FROM THE GIBSON GIRL SERVICE, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Royal Doulton and Company (Manufacturer) , Charles Dana Gibson (After)
On view in: Pantry
About this object
The plates have a light blue border with acanthus leaves pointing towards thee center. In the center of the plate in a rectangle is a transfer picture after illustrations by C.D. Gibson's. The scene is of the garden of a convent. A nun sits on a bench beneath a tree with three children around her. To the far left is a group of priests.
- Object name:
- PLATE FROM THE GIBSON GIRL SERVICE, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Bone china
- Made in:
- Burslem, England
- Date made:
- ca. 1930
- Size:
- 26.2 cm (10 5/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 26.166.2
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK; INSCRIPTION; SIGNATURE on back in blue: lion standing on a crown and a circular medallion with an inscription, Royal Doulton, England; on front: And here, winning new friends and not losing the old ones, we leave her; on front lower left: CD Gibson
- Credit line:
- Gift of Mrs. Augustus Riggs, 1975