Tray
1797 (made)
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Tray of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Lozenge-shaped with eight small shell-shaped feet and slanting wavy rim of pierced lattice-work, interrupted alternately with a scallop-shell in relief and an oval opening, and all outlined in gold. In the middle, beneath a festoon of green laurel leaves tied with crimson ribbons with sprays of gilt foliage springing from it, is a circular medallion enclosing two gilt silhouette busts of a lady and man facing one another.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted in colours, pierced and gilded |
| Brief description | Tray of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded, Nymphenburg porcelain factory, Nymphenburg, 1797 |
| Physical description | Tray of hard-paste porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Lozenge-shaped with eight small shell-shaped feet and slanting wavy rim of pierced lattice-work, interrupted alternately with a scallop-shell in relief and an oval opening, and all outlined in gold. In the middle, beneath a festoon of green laurel leaves tied with crimson ribbons with sprays of gilt foliage springing from it, is a circular medallion enclosing two gilt silhouette busts of a lady and man facing one another. |
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| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the Murray Bequest |
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| Accession number | C.214-1913 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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