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Dish
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Dish
- Place of origin:
Jingdezhen, China (made)
- Date:
ca. 1785-1795 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Porcelain painted in colours and gilt
- Credit Line:
Given by Mrs. M. H. Gethin
- Museum number:
C.29-1966
- Gallery location:
On Display
Physical description
Dish with deep cavetto and narrow sloping rim; on the rim a diaper border in blue enamel is overpainted with gold stars and inside this runs a border of intersecting wavy lines, one formed of gold husk pattern, the other of flowers and leaves in blue and gold. In the centre of the dish is a mantling of blue and gold lined with ermine, on which is displayed a shield containing the intitials WRL in gold and red, and surmounted by a crest of a lion rampant, or langued gules.
Place of Origin
Jingdezhen, China (made)
Date
ca. 1785-1795 (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Porcelain painted in colours and gilt
Dimensions
Diameter: 15.56 cm
Object history note
The dish was made for William and Rosetta Lewis, who were in the East India Comapny service in Bombay; the dish bears their intials.
Descriptive line
Dish, porcelain in blue with gold stars and the intials WRL in gold and red, Chinese, late 18th century
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, p.54, pl.69
Production Note
label
Materials
Porcelain
Subjects depicted
Flowers; Shield; Stars
Categories
Porcelain; Household objects; Ceramics
Collection code
EAS
