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Plate, Dinner

Object number2007.167.2 a-g

Manufacturer Mintons (English, 1793 - 1968)

Retailer Tiffany & Company

Date1873-1912

OriginNew York, NY

Mediumceramic, glaze, gold, porcelain

Credit LineTransfer from George Westinghouse Museum Foundation, Gift of Alicia M. Westinghouse

DescriptionSet of seven (7) dinner plates. Porcelain, yellow glaze, coupe shaped. Front has raised gold lattice and floral filigree along rim with swags; at 12:00 position are gold "WW" interlocking with six platinum dots to form a crown and below are gold "ME" interlocking. Center has raised gold floral filigree medallion.Dimensionsa-g) 9.125in (diameter)

Inscriptions(a-g)
At 12:00 position are gold "WW" interlocking with six platinum dots to form a crown and below are gold "ME" interlocking.

(c)
Front has a sticker at 12:00 position with "23" in black.
Marks(a-g)
Back has stamp at center: in brown pigment there is a crown above a globe with "MINTONS" on a banner across the middle and below "TIFFANY & CO / NEW YORK".

(a-b)
Back has "G6149/L" in red along the edge of foot with aforementioned maker's mark in center.

(c)
On back there is "G6149" and triangle with dot in center in red along the edge of foot with aforementioned maker's mark in center.

(d)
On back there is "G6149" and triangle with dot in center in red along the edge of foot with aforementioned maker's mark in center.

(e)
On back there is "G6149" in red along the edge of foot with aforementioned maker's mark in center.

(f)
On back there is "G6149/E" in red along the edge of foot with aforementioned maker's mark in center.

(g)
On back there is "G6149/N" in red along the edge of foot with aforementioned maker's mark in center.
Historical NotesDonated by Alicia M. Westinghouse, on August 11, 1987, to the George Westinghouse Museum, who transferred the material to the Heinz History Center when the museum closed in 2007. Circa 1900; the service was made by the Minton Company and retailed by Tiffany & Co in New York City. Each piece of the saffron-colored glazed porcelain is decorated with a very elaborate raised gold outer border, as well as a central medallion; each bearing the monogram of Marguerite Erskine Walker Westinghouse-the superimposed ME beneath the entwined WW-appearing as a royal crest. [Source: Michael Malley] The backstamp was used by Minton, a Stoke, Staffordshire, England, pottery manufacturer. This particular mark was used from 1873-1912.

Previous owner George Westinghouse Jr. (1846 - 1914)

Previous owner Marguerite Erskine Walker Westinghouse (1842 - 1914)

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