Dessert Dish
ca. 1810 (made)
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Dish of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded in imitation of Chinese porcelain. Oval with wavy edge. In the middle are figures of a Chinese lady and three children among vases and furniture, in a panel of irregular outline reserved on a ground of cell-pattern covered with flowers and butterflies. Round the rim is a border of small landscapes, floral sprays, birds, and insects, in crimson or black, in compartments reserved on a red ground covered with gilt floral ornament.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Dessert dish of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, probably made in Staffordshire, decorated by James Donovan's workshop, Dublin, ca. 1810. |
| Physical description | Dish of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded in imitation of Chinese porcelain. Oval with wavy edge. In the middle are figures of a Chinese lady and three children among vases and furniture, in a panel of irregular outline reserved on a ground of cell-pattern covered with flowers and butterflies. Round the rim is a border of small landscapes, floral sprays, birds, and insects, in crimson or black, in compartments reserved on a red ground covered with gilt floral ornament. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Donovan, Dublin' (Painted in red enamel) |
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| Credit line | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street |
| Object history | Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street, London. |
| Production | Decorated in the workshop of James Donovan, china maker and decorator, Poolbeg Street, Dublin. |
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| Accession number | 3896-1901 |
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| Record created | July 16, 2008 |
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