Plate

ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cake plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with bouquets and scattered sprays of flowers and narrow gilt borders. With a ring in relief underneath within the foot ring to provide support in the kiln.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Cake plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1775.
Physical description
Cake plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with bouquets and scattered sprays of flowers and narrow gilt borders. With a ring in relief underneath within the foot ring to provide support in the kiln.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 17.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
'3' (In gold, perhaps the mark of the gilder)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Part of a tea service C.625 to D-1935 with teapot and cover (C.625A/1&2); saucer (C.625B) and two cake plates (C.625C and C.625D). Formerly in the Alfred Trapnell Collection.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.625D-1935

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Record createdJuly 29, 2009
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