Dish
ca. 1765 (made)
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Oval dish of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and the middle is white with a bird in the centre and with a scrolled fringe tinted in green, and the rim, which is moulded with a scale-pattern and has a wavy edge with a feather-pattern in relief, is claret-coloured and decorated with gilt sprays of flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels, gilded and moulded |
| Brief description | Oval dish of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and the middle is white with a bird in the centre and with a moulded rim, made by Chelsea Porcelain factory, London, ca 1765. |
| Physical description | Oval dish of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and the middle is white with a bird in the centre and with a scrolled fringe tinted in green, and the rim, which is moulded with a scale-pattern and has a wavy edge with a feather-pattern in relief, is claret-coloured and decorated with gilt sprays of flowers. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | An anchor (In gold) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of a pair of dishes with 414:336/A-1885 (Sch. I 215A) The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Dalgleish, London, for £20 in 1867 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 215 - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:336-1885 |
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| Record created | December 22, 2008 |
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