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Plate
Cook, William - Enlarge image
Plate
- Place of origin:
Coalport, England (made)
- Date:
ca. 1845 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Cook, William (painter)
Coalport Porcelain Factory (manufacturer) - Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain painted in enamels and gilded
- Credit Line:
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
- Museum number:
C.577-1935
- Gallery location:
Ceramics Study Galleries, Britain & Europe, room 139, case 17, shelf 7
Physical description
Plate of porcelain painted in enamels and gilded. Made in imitation of Sèvres porcelain. In the middle is a group of exotic birds in a landscape. On the rim are garlands of flowers in three shaped reserves, and bordered by gilt scrollwork on a pea-green ground.
Place of Origin
Coalport, England (made)
Date
ca. 1845 (made)
Artist/maker
Cook, William (painter)
Coalport Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted in enamels and gilded
Marks and inscriptions
A garter inscribed 'COALPORT PORCELAIN' [with a crown above it, and within it the words] 'SPARKS / Broad St. / WORCESTER / By Appointment / to HER MAJESTY / QUEEN / ADELAIDE'
Dimensions
Diameter: 23.5 cm
Descriptive line
Plate of porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, painted by William Cook, Coalport Porcelain Factory, Coalport, ca. 1845.
Materials
Porcelain; Enamels
Techniques
Painted; Gilded
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Birds; Landscapes; Scrollwork
Categories
Porcelain; Ceramics
Collection code
CER
