Green accent plate with Harlem Toile picnic vignette

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A green bone china accent plate from the Wedgwood X Sheila Bridges collaboration, featuring the picnic vignette from Bridges' Harlem Toile de Jouy design. This is a small, round plate with a bright green face depicting a picnic scene of a young man and woman in 18th century clothing seated on the ground under a tree. She is seated cross-legged and holds a fried chicken leg in both hands in front of her. There is a whole watermelon and slices of watermelon on the ground behind her. The man sits across from her, reaching for a plate of food on the ground in between them. There is a picnic basket behind him along with a large rooster. The woman's purple dress and the man's red trousers are the only spots of color in the otherwise black and white design. In the background is a scene of individuals in 18th century clothing dining at a table.

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