Plate
ca. 1770 (made)
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Plate of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt. Decorated with a shield of arms (argent a sword in pale azure ensigned with a mullet gules surmounted by a saltire couped sable, and a crest of a two-masted ship in a sea in full sail proper, for Gavin, impaling gules a chief argent for Hersey) within a border of pink scale pattern with rich foliate mantling in white and red; small detached sprays in dull purplish blue.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt |
| Brief description | Plate, with the Arms of Gavin impaling Hersey, made for David Gavin of Langton, Scotland (d. 1773), soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, possibly decorated in London by the workshop of James Giles, made at Worcester porcelain factory, England, about 1770 |
| Physical description | Plate of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt. Decorated with a shield of arms (argent a sword in pale azure ensigned with a mullet gules surmounted by a saltire couped sable, and a crest of a two-masted ship in a sea in full sail proper, for Gavin, impaling gules a chief argent for Hersey) within a border of pink scale pattern with rich foliate mantling in white and red; small detached sprays in dull purplish blue. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot |
| Object history | London, Manheim, 1929. Made for David Gavin of Langton, Scotland (d. 1773). |
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| Accession number | C.87-1938 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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