Plate
ca. 1760 (made)
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Plate of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded. Octagonal in shape, and the rim is decorated with festoons of flowers, and in the middle are two Chinese phoenixes and insects.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Octagonal plate of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded, decorated by Thomas Craft, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1760. |
| Physical description | Plate of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded. Octagonal in shape, and the rim is decorated with festoons of flowers, and in the middle are two Chinese phoenixes and insects. |
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| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Kerridge, London, for £1 in May 1866 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Hilary Young, 'English Porcelain, 1745-95: Its Makers, Design, Marketing and Consumption', Victoria and Albert Museum Studies in the History of Art and Design, 1999, pl. XXVI |
| Other number | Sch. I 75 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:68-1885 |
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| Record created | December 9, 2008 |
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