Dish

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, with an undulating rim, and painted around the rim with insects, and in the middle with a duck and a finch.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Oval dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Oval dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, with an undulating rim, and painted around the rim with insects, and in the middle with a duck and a finch.
Dimensions
  • Length: 20.9cm
  • Width: 16.5cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:344/A-1885 (Sch. I 322A)
The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Morgan, London, for £2 in October 1866.
Acquired as Chelsea porcelain.
Production
See note on Sch. I 317.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 322 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:344-1885

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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