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Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Artist/Maker	Minton (manufacturer)
Place of origin	Stoke-on-Trent (made)

Plate of porcelain, painted in enamel colours and decorated with gilding. Oval with high shaped rim. In the middle is an oval panel in which are two birds and plants. At either end is a Chinese mythical bird, phoenix, and along the sides are panels of cloud ornament. The rim has a border of rosettes and dots on a blue ground, interrupted by eight compartments enclosing floral devices.

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Categories	Ceramics Porcelain
Object type	Dish
Materials and techniques	Porcelain, painted in enamel colours and gilt Porcelain Enamel Painted Gilt
Brief description	Dish of porcelain, painted in enamel colours and gilt, Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, 1805-1816
Physical description	Plate of porcelain, painted in enamel colours and decorated with gilding. Oval with high shaped rim. In the middle is an oval panel in which are two birds and plants. At either end is a Chinese mythical bird, phoenix, and along the sides are panels of cloud ornament. The rim has a border of rosettes and dots on a blue ground, interrupted by eight compartments enclosing floral devices.
Dimensions	Height: 5.1cm Length: 27.6cm Width: 19.7cm
Style	Chinoiserie
Marks and inscriptions	'M' between two intersecting curved strokes with '455' below (In overglaze blue enamel)
Credit line	Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted	Birds Phoenix Birds Rosettes Dots Floral Patterns
Collection	Ceramics Collection
Accession number	2720-1901

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O334718/dish-minton/

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