Soup Plate

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

White porcelain plate with rounded octagonal shape. The plate features a wide rim with a gold rope-like border. The rim has six clusters of small colorful floral motifs. Inside the rim, a second thinner gold rope-like border encircles the center. The center contains a round crest. The crest has a brown bird on top. The crest has a black upper half with three white stars and a white lower half with a black stripe and white flowers. The crest is framed by gold and surrounded by colorful flowers. The plate sits on a plain gray background.