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Plate

after 1798 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of cream-coloured earthenware with a beaded edge, pierced rim with an openwork pattern of formal flowers, and with gadrooned sides. In the middle, painted with enamels and gilded, is the arms quarterly of Poland and Lithuania, with Saxony in pretence, as borne by Frederick Augustus I and II, Electors of Saxony and Kings of Poland.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware painted with enamels, gilded and pierced
Brief description
Plate of earthenware with a beaded edge, painted with enamels and gilded, made in Hubertusburg, probably after 1798.
Physical description
Plate of cream-coloured earthenware with a beaded edge, pierced rim with an openwork pattern of formal flowers, and with gadrooned sides. In the middle, painted with enamels and gilded, is the arms quarterly of Poland and Lithuania, with Saxony in pretence, as borne by Frederick Augustus I and II, Electors of Saxony and Kings of Poland.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.5cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Made in imitation of Leeds ware.
Production
probably made after 1798
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 577 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:1177-1885

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Record createdMay 26, 2009
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