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Plate, Tea

Object number2007.167.3 a-l

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 twelve (12) tea plates. Porcelain, yellow glaze, rimmed shape. Front has raised gold floral filigree band along rim; at 12:00 position on rim 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) 6.375in (diameter)
b) 6.5in (diameter)
c) 6.5in (diameter)
d-l) 6.375in (diameter)
Inscriptions(a-l)
At 12:00 position on rim are gold "WW" interlocking with six platinum dots to form a crown and below are gold "ME" interlocking.
Marks(a-l)
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)
Back has "G6154" at 11:00 position and "K" at 3:00 position in red along the edge of foot with aforementioned maker's mark in center.

(b)
Back has "G6154" is at 12:00 position and "K" is at 10:00 position.

(c)
Back has "G6154" is at 10:00 position with "K" above in red along the edge of foot with aforementioned maker's mark in center.

(d)
Back has "G6154" at 12:00 position with three dots arranged into a triangle below in red along the edge of foot with aforementioned maker's mark in center.

(e)
Back has "G6154" 11:00 position with three dots arranged into a triangle below and similar three dot arrangement at 2:00 position in red along the edge of foot with aforementioned maker's mark in center.

(f)
Back has "G6154" 11:00 position with three dots arranged into a triangle below and similar three dot arrangement at 12:00 position in red along the edge of foot with aforementioned maker's mark in center.

(g)
Back has "T/G6154" at 3:00 position in red along the edge of foot with aforementioned maker's mark in center.

(h)
Back has "T/G6154" at 4:00 position in red along the edge of foot with aforementioned maker's mark in center.

(i)
Back has "G6154/Y" at 12:00 position in red along the edge of foot with aforementioned maker's mark in center.

(j)
Back has red markings that are unreadable 11:00 position along the edge of foot with aforementioned maker's mark in center.

(k)
Back has four dots forming a square followed by "G6" at 1:00 position in red along the edge of foot with aforementioned maker's mark in center.

(l)
Back has "G6154" at 2:00 position in red along the edge of foot with no maker's mark.
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 use 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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