Plate
ca. 1775 (made)
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Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the middle is a group of exotic birds among trees in a landscape in an irregular reserved panel outlined with gilt scrolls on an apple-green ground. Scalloped edge.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Dessert plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1775. |
| Physical description | Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the middle is a group of exotic birds among trees in a landscape in an irregular reserved panel outlined with gilt scrolls on an apple-green ground. Scalloped edge. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | One of two plates with C.427A-1935. Decorated in imitation of the style of Sèvres bird-painters Evans and Aloncle. Formerly in the Clarence Wilson Collection. |
| Production | It is possible that the enamel painting and gilding were added in the mid-19th century |
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| Accession number | C.427-1935 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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