Dish
ca. 1758-1769 (made)
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Fruit-dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Eight-sided, and round the sides is a mazarine-blue border with four shaped panels reserved in white and containing pairs of exotic birds among foliage and bordered by gilt trellis-work. In the middle is a spray of fruit.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Fruit-dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Chelsea Porcelain factory, Chelsea, ca. 1758-1769 |
| Physical description | Fruit-dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Eight-sided, and round the sides is a mazarine-blue border with four shaped panels reserved in white and containing pairs of exotic birds among foliage and bordered by gilt trellis-work. In the middle is a spray of fruit. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | An anchor (In gold) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss Emily S. Thomson |
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| Accession number | 526A-1902 |
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| Record created | April 30, 2010 |
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