Dish
ca. 1785-1795 (made)
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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.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted in colours and gilt |
Brief description | Dish, porcelain in blue with gold stars and the intials WRL in gold and red, Chinese, late 18th century |
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. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs. M. H. Gethin |
Object history | The dish was made for William and Rosetta Lewis, who were in the East India Comapny service in Bombay; the dish bears their intials. |
Production | label |
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Bibliographic reference | Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, p.54, pl.69
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Accession number | C.29-1966 |
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Record created | March 25, 2003 |
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