Soup Plate

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

White porcelain soup plate with an octagonal shape and scalloped edges. The plate features a coat of arms in the center, with a brown bird on top. The coat of arms has a brown frame and includes a white section with three black stars and a black section with white flowers. The plate's interior has two concentric gold lines. Small colorful flowers are painted around the interior of the plate. The plate's exterior edge has a gold rope-like pattern. The background is gray. The plate is by artist "Soup Plate".