Serving plate with Harlem Toile dancing vignette

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A white bone china serving plate from the Wedgwood X Sheila Bridges collaboration, featuring the dancing vignette from Bridges' Harlem Toile de Jouy design. This is a large, round white serving plate. Oriented along the right side of the plate’s face is a vignette of a man and woman dancing in front of a triumphal arch. They both wear 18th century clothing and have kicked off their shoes to dance barefoot. The man’s body faces the viewer as her holds his right arm in the air and hold his left hand out towards the woman. The woman is dancing with her left arm raised and her right arm stretched out to meet the man’s left hand. Her skirt is partially tucked up and her head is thrown back as she dances. To the left of the couple is a large boombox.

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