# Plate (Assiette)

- By: Mennecy Factory (French)
- By: Mennecy- Villeroy Factory (French)
- Date: c. 1760–65
- Medium: soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
- Classification: Ceramic
- Dimensions: Diameter: 24.3 cm (9 9/16 in.)
- Culture: France, Mennecy, 18th century
- Credit line: John L. Severance Fund
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1954.5)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1954.5/1954.5_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

As European porcelain production advanced, factories borrowed designs and techniques from one another in order to remain competitive in the porcelain market. Paintings of one to two figures perched on a rock or small hill overlooking a pastoral landscape were regularly reproduced on tea services fabricated at the Mennecy porcelain factory. These compositions were likely inspired by similar landscapes painted on porcelain at the Vincennes factory.