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Display Status

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.

Object Details

Type

ART-Miscellaneous

Medium

Plate, Soup

Artist

J. Siquier

Physical Description

Ceramic soup plate with a hand-painted scene of a Montgolfier balloon ascension. Gilded decorations around the central image. Banner with inscription above the image: "Montgolfiére - Inventeurs - Les Frères Montgolfier. Joseph 1740-1810, Etienne 1745-1799."

Dimensions

Overall: 23.2 × 23.2 × 2.9cm (9 1/8 × 9 1/8 × 1 1/8 in.)

Inventory Number

A20140382000

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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