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Saucer

Saucer

  • Place of origin:

    London (made)

  • Date:

    ca. 1752-1755 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Chelsea Porcelain factory (manufacturer)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Mr J. Rosen

  • Museum number:

    C.120-1932

  • Gallery location:

    Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery, case 3, shelf 3

Physical description

Saucer of soft-paste porcelain, painted in blue, purple, brown, green red and yellow with three men standing, beside a bale and cask on a river bank to which a ship is moored. A blemish has been painted out with a flower.

Place of Origin

London (made)

Date

ca. 1752-1755 (made)

Artist/maker

Chelsea Porcelain factory (manufacturer)

Materials and Techniques

Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels

Dimensions

Diameter: 11.4 cm

Descriptive line

Saucer, soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels; Chelsea Porcelain Factory, England (London), ca. 1752-55

Materials

Soft paste porcelain

Techniques

Glazed; Painted

Subjects depicted

Ships; Flowers; Casks; Men

Categories

Ceramics; Porcelain

Collection

Ceramics Collection

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