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Plate
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Plate
- Place of origin:
Bayreuth, Germany (made)
- Date:
1729-1744 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (Maker)
- Materials and Techniques:
Painted tin-glazed earthenware
- Credit Line:
Given by Mr R. F. W. Brandt
- Museum number:
145-1908
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Asia & Europe, room 137, case 50, shelf 3
Physical description
Painted in blue on a pale blue glaze with two birds perched on a fruit basket in the centre, enclosed by alternating floral panels and foliate scrollwork, the rim with flower panels reserved on a dark-blue floral ground.
Place of Origin
Bayreuth, Germany (made)
Date
1729-1744 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (Maker)
Materials and Techniques
Painted tin-glazed earthenware
Dimensions
Diameter: 8 ¾ in taken from Register
Historical context note
Another dish from the same set was offered for sale at Sotheby's, London, 13 June 2001. It bore the marks 'B.K/H' in blue.
Descriptive line
Blue-tinted tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue. Made during the period of Johann Georg Knöller. German (Bayreuth), 1729-44
Labels and date
Plate
Made in St. Georgen-am-See, Bayreuth, Germany about 1730
Tin-glazed earthenware
145-1908 Given by Mr R.F.W. Brandt [16/07/2008]
Dish, part of a set, made by Johann Georg Knöller, German (Bayreuth), about 1729-44
145C-1908
Given by Mr R.F.W. Brandt [2010 (TAB)]
Production Note
Made during the management of Johann Georg Knöller
Materials
Earthenware; Tin glaze
Techniques
Painted; Glazed
Categories
Ceramics; Earthenware; Faience
Collection code
CER
