Plate
ca. 1755-60 (made)
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Plate of porcelain, painted with underglaze blue, and with a narrow rim with a wavy edge, and painted with a river-scene in which are a man fishing from a boat, a bird on a rock, and a large flowering plant.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Plate of soft-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, and with a narrow rim with a wavy edge, Worcester porcelain factory, ca. 1755-60 |
| Physical description | Plate of porcelain, painted with underglaze blue, and with a narrow rim with a wavy edge, and painted with a river-scene in which are a man fishing from a boat, a bird on a rock, and a large flowering plant. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Resembles the head of a trident (In blue) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | The annotated copy of the first edition of the Schreiber Collection does not record where Lady Charlotte Schreiber bought this piece. Acquired as Bow porcelain. |
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| Bibliographic reference | For this pattern, see Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain, revised edition 1989, cat. I.B.28, where dated ca. 1755-60 |
| Other number | Sch. I 457 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:84-1885 |
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| Record created | January 15, 2009 |
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