Collection Highlights
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands
Date:
Object Number:
LIB.QH41.C26.1974
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Dinner and soup plates
Object Number:
1948.562ab
Date:
ca. 1882
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Part (dinner plate): 9 1/4 x 1 in. (23.5 x 2.5 cm)
Part (soup plate): 9 1/8 x 1 3/4 in. (23.2 x 4.4 cm)
Marks:
marked: in white in white oval on reverse: "MEDAILLES D'OR/1867-1878/CHs PILLIVUYT & Co./PARIS"; in banner which is part of medallion at center of each plate "UA MAU KE EA OKA AINA I KA PONO"
Description:
Porcelain dinner and soup plate with scalloped rims each with royal Hawaiian crest at center; dinner plate has half-inch band of blue enamel edged in gilding around rim; soup plate has similar design with green enamel.
Gallery Label:
This plate was made for use in the State Dining Room of Iolani Palace; the medallion is coat of arms of King Kamehameha of Hawaii and inscription is his motto (tr. "The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness")
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. James Hazen Hyde
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
