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open latliwork. Diameter, 7^ inches; height, 2^ inches. Lewis col- 

 lection. Plate 18. Cat. No. 92384, U.S.N.M. 



Three white-china plates. — Circular in shape, with 12 scallops in rim. 

 The bottoms bear the following inscription in red: "MANUFre. Mgr. 

 le DUC Angouleme Paris." Made about 1780 in Paris by Dihl and 

 Guerhard, manufacturers under the patronage of the Due d' Angou- 

 leme. Called ''porcellaine d' Angouleme. " ^ Diameter, 10 inches; 

 height. If inches. Lewis collection. Cat. Nos. 92233, 92235, 92248, 

 U.S.N.M. 



Three white-china plates. — In description the same as the three 

 plates noted above (Cat. Nos. 92233, 92235, 92248), but unmarked. 

 Lewis collection. Cat. Nos. 92236, 92237, 92239, U.S.N.M. 



White-china fruit dish. — Shape, an irregular pentagon with sides 

 alternately convex and concave. Rim fluted in imitation of a shell. 

 Width, 9\ inches; height, 2 inches. Decorated and marked as plates 

 described above. (Cat. Nos. 92233, 92235, 92248.) Lewis collection. 

 Cat. No. 92353, U.S.N.M. 



White-china fruit dish. — Shape, an irregular square. Decorated 

 and marked as the specimen described above. (Cat. No. 92353.) 

 Corners rounded and sides slightly concave. Length of sides, 9 

 inches. Lewis collection. Cat. No. 92352, U.S.N.M. 



White-china howl. — Circular, with six scallops in rim. A narrow 

 band of gilt about the bottom and the rim. Diameter, 10 J inches; 

 height, 4 inches. Lewis collection. Cat. No. 92351, U.S.N.M. 



Two white-china platters. — Shape of each, an irregular oval. Rims 

 decorated with scallops and a narrow band of gilt with indented 

 edge on interior. Length, 13| inches; width, lOf inches. Lewis 

 collection. Cat. Nos. 92354, 92355, U.S.N.M. 



Five white Sevres china plates. — Decorated with scalloped edges and 

 a narrow band of gilt about the rim. On two of the plates the band 

 of gilt is indented on the interior. Bottom bears in blue two inter- 

 laced "L's," the mark used by the Royal Sevres porcelain factory 

 from 1756 to 1777.^ Diameter, 10 inches; height, 1| inches. Lewis 

 collection. Cat. Nos. 92234, 92238, 92240-92242, U.S.N.M. 



Two white Sevres china dishes. — Circular in shape, with scalloped 

 edges. Rims decorated with a narrow band of gilt. Bottoms marked 

 as the specimens described above. Diameter, 8| inches; height, If 

 inches. Lewis collection. Cat. Nos. 92380-92381, U.S.N.M. 



White Sevres china gravy boat with cover. — Decorated with two nar- 

 row indented bands of gilt and one plain band of gilt. Bottom marked 

 as the specimens described above. Length, 9| inches; width, 6 inches; 

 height, 4\ inches. Lewis collection. Cat. No. 92383, U.S.N.M. 



• See Marks and Monograms on Pottery and Porcelain, by William Chailers, London, 1S97, page 576. 



> Sevrte china of this period was usually marked with a letter ol the alphabet placed within the cipher, 

 thus indicating the year in which it was made, "A" signifying 1753, and so on. The pieces in the Lewis 

 collection are undated. This, however, is not uncommon. See Chaffers, page 597. 



