Plate
ca. 1755 (made)
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Soup plate of porcelain painted with underglaze blue, and painted in the middle with two mythical Chinese birds in a rocky landscape with trees, and the rim has a border of diaper ornament interrupted by five panels enclosing flowers, and the edge is lobed.
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with underglaze blue |
| Brief description | Soup plate of porcelain painted with underglaze blue, and painted in the middle with two mythical Chinese birds in a rocky landscape, and the edge is lobed, made by Chelsea Porcelain factory, London, ca. 1755. |
| Physical description | Soup plate of porcelain painted with underglaze blue, and painted in the middle with two mythical Chinese birds in a rocky landscape with trees, and the rim has a border of diaper ornament interrupted by five panels enclosing flowers, and the edge is lobed. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | An anchor (In blue, under the glaze) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Formerly in the Bandinel Collection Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Brookes, London, for £1 in April 1868 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Watney, B. English Blue and White Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century. London: Faber & Faber, 2nd ed. 1973.
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| Other number | Sch. I 128 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:349-1885 |
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| Record created | December 12, 2008 |
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