Plate
1756-1760 (made)
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Plate of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in brown enamel and over-painted in polychrome enamels; in the middle is a landscape with two figures and buildings within a rococo scrolled border, and on the rim, which has a scalloped edge, are insects, small sprays, and detached flowers
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Plate of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in brown enamel and over-painted in polychrome enamels |
| Brief description | Plate of soft-paste porcelain, with scalloped rim, transfer-printed in brown enamel and over-painted in polychrome enamels, made by Vauxhall porcelain factory, Vauxhall, 1756-1760 |
| Physical description | Plate of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in brown enamel and over-painted in polychrome enamels; in the middle is a landscape with two figures and buildings within a rococo scrolled border, and on the rim, which has a scalloped edge, are insects, small sprays, and detached flowers |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of two plates with 414:76-1885 (Sch. I 469) The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Captain Lee's sale, Christie's, for £5 in May 1873. Acquired as Bow porcelain. Reattributed to 'Lowdin's (Bristol)' factory by Bernard Rackham, 1910s-1920s. Considered 'probably Liverpool' in 1953 and thereafter 'perhaps Longton Hall, about 1756'. Reattributed to William Ball's factory, Liverpool, and subsequently to Vauxhall. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Spero, Simon. Vauxhall Porcelain - A Tentative Chronology, English Ceramics Circle Transactions, 2003, Volume 18, part 2, pp 349-372. |
| Other number | Sch. I 469A - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:76/A-1885 |
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| Record created | January 15, 2009 |
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