Dish
ca. 1770 (made)
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Leaf dish (dessert dish) of porcelain transfer-printed with a wispy floral spray and butterfly. A press-moulded leaf-shaped dish formed of two overhanging cabbage leaves with stock handles. Transfer-printed in underglaze blue with a floral spray consisting of a chrysanthemum, a rose bud, a vine branch with grapes, a spray of lily-of-the-valley, an iris and lilies, and with a butterfly above.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste pPorcelain, transfer-printed, press-moulded in underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Leaf dish (dessert dish) of porcelain transfer-printed with a wispy floral spray and butterfly, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770 |
| Physical description | Leaf dish (dessert dish) of porcelain transfer-printed with a wispy floral spray and butterfly. A press-moulded leaf-shaped dish formed of two overhanging cabbage leaves with stock handles. Transfer-printed in underglaze blue with a floral spray consisting of a chrysanthemum, a rose bud, a vine branch with grapes, a spray of lily-of-the-valley, an iris and lilies, and with a butterfly above. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A crescent |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss D.B. Simpson |
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| Bibliographic reference | For this pattern, see Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain, revised edition 1989, cat. II.C.15, where dated ca. 1770 |
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| Accession number | C.80-1977 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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