Plate
ca. 1763 (made)
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Plate of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, with an exotic bird among bushes surrounded by insects painted in the middle, and the rim has a wavy edge with a gilt shell-pattern interrupted by five shaped panels enclosing insects in gold on a mazarine-blue ground, and between the panels are festoons of flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Plate of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, with an exotic bird among bushes surrounded by insects painted in the middle, and the rim has a wavy edge, made by Chelsea Porcelain factory, London, ca. 1763. |
| Physical description | Plate of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, with an exotic bird among bushes surrounded by insects painted in the middle, and the rim has a wavy edge with a gilt shell-pattern interrupted by five shaped panels enclosing insects in gold on a mazarine-blue ground, and between the panels are festoons of flowers. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | An anchor (In gold) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Of a similar pattern to that of the service given by George III and Queen Charlotte in 1763 to her brother (Schreiber No. 210) Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Cavalle or Cavallo, London, for £5 in April 1867 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 211 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:347-1885 |
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| Record created | December 22, 2008 |
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