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{
    "localId": "37419",
    "label": "Ice Plate (Patelle à glace)",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.533"
}

{
    "id": "37419",
    "sourceUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.533",
    "contentType": "object",
    "stage": "normalized",
    "title": "Ice Plate (Patelle à glace)",
    "description": "Sèvres Manufactory produced this Neoclassical ice plate as part of a porcelain service commissioned by Louis-Philippe, King of France from 1830-1848.  Plates like this one would be used to serve ice cream, a dessert that only the wealthiest could afford to have produced. Louis-Philippe’s crowned gilt monogram appears at the center of the dish, framed by a branch of oak leaves and laurel leaves, bound together by a neatly tied bow. A heavy boarder of gold leaf frames the entire dish. This ice plate is from “le service des balls,” the porcelain ware used by aristocratic guests at Louis-Philippe’s grand parties held at the Château de Eu in Normandy.",
    "date": "1846-1847",
    "citationUrl": "https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.533",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "genreSpecific": [
        "dishes"
    ],
    "iiifBase": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_48.533_Fnt_BW_5194.jpg",
    "thumbnailUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_48.533_Fnt_BW_5194.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_48.533_Fnt_BW_5194.jpg",
    "imageCount": 2,
    "pageCount": 2,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensions": [
        {
            "units": "cm",
            "width": 1.8,
            "height": 15
        }
    ],
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall Plate H: 11/16 × Diam: 5 7/8 in. (1.8 × 15 cm)."
}

{
    "inscriptions": [
        "[Factory Mark] Blue circle with crowned monogram “LP” and a date of 1846 on bottom of plate; [Chateau Mark] Red",
        "sun-like circle with crowned “Chateau de Eu” printed in the center on bottom of plate; [Factory Mark] Chrome green with Louis-Philippe’s crowned initials flanked by “SV.” and the abbreviated date of “47” on bottom of plate; [Molders Mark] Illegible incision into bottom of plate",
        "possibly “F.”"
    ],
    "med": "hard paste porcelain",
    "creator_ids": [
        "6229",
        "1916",
        "2589"
    ],
    "collection_ids": [],
    "exhibition_ids": []
}

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    "seq": 2,
    "pageIndex": 0,
    "type": "photo",
    "url": "https://art.thewalters.org/images/raw/PL7_48.533_Fnt_BW_5194.jpg",
    "mediaId": "d3adda89a7a8e6e1"
}