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Tray

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tray of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Oval in shape with a lobed rim. Underneath is a serpentine ridge intended to give support in the kiln. Decorated with horizontal bands of husk-pattern in green and gold round the rim, and festoons of laurel in green with red berries hung from gilt rosettes set at intervals on horizontal gilt lines.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Tray of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1780.
Physical description
Tray of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Oval in shape with a lobed rim. Underneath is a serpentine ridge intended to give support in the kiln. Decorated with horizontal bands of husk-pattern in green and gold round the rim, and festoons of laurel in green with red berries hung from gilt rosettes set at intervals on horizontal gilt lines.
Dimensions
  • Length: 29.2cm
  • Width: 18.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A cross (In blue over the glaze)
  • 'B N° Ist' (In crimson)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Part of a cabaret C.623 to G-1935. Teapot and cover (C.623&A); sugar bowl and cover (C.623B&C); milk jug (C.623D); cup and saucer (C.623E&F); and tray (C.623G). Formerly in the Alfred Trapnell Collection.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.623G-1935

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Record createdJuly 29, 2009
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