2 Plates from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor Service

Object Name: 
2 Plates from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor Service

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Object Name: 
2 Plates from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor Service
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
France, possibly Wingen-sur-Moder
France, possibly Combs-la-Ville
Accession Number: 
2011.3.408
Dimensions: 
See Individual Records
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
engraved about 1945
Credit Line: 
Gift of Elaine and Stanford Steppa
Primary Description: 
2 Plates from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor Service. Colorless glass; pressed, engraved. Two circular plates with engraved interlacing initials W and E (for Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII, the Duchess and Duke of Windsor) beneath a royal coronet.

More Info

Department: 
Modern; Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Steppa, Elaine, Source
2011-12-09
Steppa, Stanford, Source
2011-12-09
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
pressing
molding
engraving
Material: 
glass

Publications (1)

Rene Lalique: Enchanted by Glass (2014) illustrated, p. 225 (no. 8); BIB# 139598

Objects in Set (2)

Plate from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor Service
Artist:Lalique, Rene
Date:engraved about 1945
Accession Number:2011.3.408 A
Plate from the Duke and Duchess of Windsor Service
Artist:Lalique, Rene
Date:engraved about 1945
Accession Number:2011.3.408 B