Oval Platter

Marc Schoelcher

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This platter was originally part of a large dinner service ordered by George Hyde Clark in November 1833 from New York retailer Baldwin Gardiner, described in the original bill as “One Porcelain Dinning [sic] and dessr [sic] Service, rich bouquet and yellow border.”

The American Wing

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The American Wing's ever-evolving collection comprises some 20,000 works of art by African American, Euro American, Latin American, and Native American men and women. Ranging from the colonial to early-modern periods, the holdings include painting, sculpture, works on paper, and decorative arts—including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass, silver, metalwork, jewelry, basketry, quill and bead embroidery—as well as historical interiors and architectural fragments.

Metropolitan Museum of Art