Dinner Plate
1773 (made)
| Place of origin |
The Frog Service was a Queen's ware service made for Empress Catherine II of Russia in 1773-1774. It was to be made for the palace she was building on a site known as the Frog Marsh, so each piece bore a crest of a green frog. Thomas Bentley compiled a detailed description of the service, which listed 952 pieces, with 1,244 'real views of Great Britain', all different.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Queen's ware with handpainted decoration |
| Brief description | Dinner Plate for the 'Frog Service' depicting 'A view up the Thames between Richmond and Isleworth', Queen's Ware, Etruria, 1773 |
| Physical description | Plate, Queen's ware, with handpainted scene of English countryside in mulberry, leaf border, and frog crest at the top. |
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| Credit line | V&A Wedgwood Collection. Presented by Art Fund with major support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund, private donations and a public appeal. |
| Association | |
| Summary | The Frog Service was a Queen's ware service made for Empress Catherine II of Russia in 1773-1774. It was to be made for the palace she was building on a site known as the Frog Marsh, so each piece bore a crest of a green frog. Thomas Bentley compiled a detailed description of the service, which listed 952 pieces, with 1,244 'real views of Great Britain', all different. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | WE.8159-2014 |
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| Record created | July 15, 2022 |
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