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Piero Fornasetti

Calcutta Minestrone Plate,

Description

Maker

  • Fleming Joffe
  • Fornasetti Milano
  • Piero Fornasetti

Title

Calcutta Minestrone Plate

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Porcelain with transfer-print,
  • gilding and glaze

Techniques

  • Porcelain with transfer-print,
  • gilding and glaze

Dimensions

Diameter: 26.7 cm (10 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Printed on the underside of each plate: Fleming Joffe Ltd. Cook Plates with an alligator on top of two opposing spoons, Especially made by Fornasetti-Milano with a logo of a hand with a paint brush, Made in Italy

Type

  • Ceramics

Credit

Helen M. Danforth Acquisition Fund

Object Number

2015.40.1

About

Calcutta Minestrone Plate
from the series Improbable Recipe Plates

Printed on the underside of each plate: Fleming Joffe Ltd. Cook Plates with an alligator on top of two opposing spoons, Especially made by Fornasetti-Milano with a logo of a hand with a paint brush, Made in Italy

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Calcutta Minestrone Plate with the accession number of 2015.40.1. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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