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ca. 1740 (made)
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Plate of hard-paste porcelain. Octagonal. The centre painted in colours with a river and valley landscape with bluffs, figures and a castle. The cavetto with gilt lattice with Watteau figures and landscapes with figures in four reserves in purple camaïeu. The rim with elaborate hatched scrollwork and shell motifs in gold and black-brown with Watteau figures and landscapes in colours in reserves.
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Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
Brief description | Plate, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1740. |
Physical description | Plate of hard-paste porcelain. Octagonal. The centre painted in colours with a river and valley landscape with bluffs, figures and a castle. The cavetto with gilt lattice with Watteau figures and landscapes with figures in four reserves in purple camaïeu. The rim with elaborate hatched scrollwork and shell motifs in gold and black-brown with Watteau figures and landscapes in colours in reserves. |
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Object history | From Bernal Collection. |
Production | Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio. |
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Bibliographic reference | Honey, W. B. Dresden china: an introduction to the study of Meissen porcelain. London: A. & C. Black, 1934, Pl. XXIV (b), pp. 97, 168. |
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Accession number | 1976-1855 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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