Plate
ca.1830 (made)
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Pattern plates made to show customers the variety of decoration available are rare as they were part of the manufacture process and often do not survive. This plate is even more unusual having been made specifically for the customer of a bespoke dinner service, to show the possible choices of border decorations for the commission. This plate is even more unusual having been made specifically for the customer of a bespoke dinner service, to show the possible choices of border decorations for the commission. The combination of the lack of pattern numbers for the different border designs, rendering it useless as a showroom or retailer's piece, and the meticulously painted crest indicate the use of this trial plate for a one off commission. The customer may have specifically requested the green and gilt colour-scheme and this trial dish would have allowed them to see which border design would best suit their crest. Spode armorial painting was some of the finest quality produced and the highly gilded borders, which relate to designs in the Spode pattern books between 1810 and 1830, were expensive production.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | stone china, painted and gilded |
| Brief description | Pattern plate, stone china, painted and gilded, Spode, Stoke-on-Trent, c.1830 |
| Physical description | Pattern plate centre depicting a family crest of a standing dog with ermine marks and a red collar and sash. Three green and gilt-decorated borders, on the reverse an early painted factory mark associated with Spode stone china. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'SPODE' painted in black - factory mark in use 1799-1833 |
| Credit line | Purchased through the Robert Courtenay Stones Bequest fund |
| Summary | Pattern plates made to show customers the variety of decoration available are rare as they were part of the manufacture process and often do not survive. This plate is even more unusual having been made specifically for the customer of a bespoke dinner service, to show the possible choices of border decorations for the commission. This plate is even more unusual having been made specifically for the customer of a bespoke dinner service, to show the possible choices of border decorations for the commission. The combination of the lack of pattern numbers for the different border designs, rendering it useless as a showroom or retailer's piece, and the meticulously painted crest indicate the use of this trial plate for a one off commission. The customer may have specifically requested the green and gilt colour-scheme and this trial dish would have allowed them to see which border design would best suit their crest. Spode armorial painting was some of the finest quality produced and the highly gilded borders, which relate to designs in the Spode pattern books between 1810 and 1830, were expensive production. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | C.103-2012 |
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| Record created | December 18, 2012 |
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