Tray
ca. 1780 (made)
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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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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| Accession number | C.623G-1935 |
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| Record created | July 29, 2009 |
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