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Display Status

This object is on display in Restoration Hangar Overlook at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

Restoration Hangar Overlook

Object Details

Type

ART-Miscellaneous

Medium

Plate, Soup

Artist

J. Siquier

Physical Description

Ceramic soup plate with a hand-painted scene of a balloon with sails aloft. A cannon is in the rear of the gondola, which is shown being fired. Gilded decorations around the central image. Banner with inscription above the image: "Expérience aérostatique par le Dr. Jonnatham, au village de Dessessebrugue, pays de galles le 22 Décembre 1783."

Dimensions

Overall: 23.5 × 23.5 × 2.5cm (9 1/4 in. × 9 1/4 in. × 1 in.)

Inventory Number

A20141027000

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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