Botanical Plate with Lemon, Cherries and Plums

A small white porcelain plate with a fluted, scalloped rim edged in green and iron-red. Painted in enamels at its center are a halved orange-red fruit, a yellow lemon with green leaves, and sprigs of cherries and plums, with a red-brown spider-like mark near the lower left.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1757–1769

Medium

soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2921 × 3000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum