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Object Number 993-24-20/27383
Display Title Circular platter with fluted rim
Descriptions
Object Description Ceramic green and white on terracotta glazed circular platter w. fluted rim. Terro ticlan emblem (eagle & snake) inscr ibed w/signed "julian..c...s" "Estados unidos mexicanos, patamban,mich. 1979" repaired, sherds reusing.
Inventory Description Dish, flat base, slightly incurving sides, fluted rim, moulded eagle hol
Classification
  • Dish
Department Ethnographic
Date 1979
Artist C. S. Julian
Culture
  • Modern
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Mexico / Michoacan / <County> / Patamban
Materials Ceramic
Dimensions Overall: 4.5 x 36.9 x 37.1 cm (1 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 14 5/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 993-24-20/27383; Estados Unidos Mexicanos / 1978 / Patamban, Mich.; Julian..C...
Credit Line Gift of Alice B. Melvin, in celebration of donor's father and mother, Professor A. Gordon Melvin and Lorna Strong Melvin, donor's sister, Mary Melvin Petronella, family friend, Luis Hererra Garcia, friend, Richard Paul Baydin, and donor's cats, Miss Amiga, Sir Minky, and Pyewacket
Provenance
Collector Alice B. Melvin (August 16,1993)
Donor Alice B. Melvin (August 16,1993)

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