Dish
1765-75 (made)
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Dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded, in the style of Japanese 'Imari' porcelain, saucer-shaped with a scalloped rim, and the decoration is painted in mazarine-blue under the glaze and in red and two shades of green with gilding over it, and in the middle is a flowering branch of chrysanthemum, and the rim is divided into twelve panels, four large ones containing prunus-blossoms or other flowers and eight smaller ones in pairs filled with two different diaper-patterns, and on the underside of the rim are three sprays of tree peony.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Dish of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, in the style of Japanese 'Imari' porcelain, and saucer-shaped with a scalloped rim, made by Worcester Porcelain factory, England, 1765-75 |
| Physical description | Dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded, in the style of Japanese 'Imari' porcelain, saucer-shaped with a scalloped rim, and the decoration is painted in mazarine-blue under the glaze and in red and two shades of green with gilding over it, and in the middle is a flowering branch of chrysanthemum, and the rim is divided into twelve panels, four large ones containing prunus-blossoms or other flowers and eight smaller ones in pairs filled with two different diaper-patterns, and on the underside of the rim are three sprays of tree peony. |
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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 414:337-1885 (Sch. I 221) Formerly in the collection of the Earl of Lonsdale The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Augustus Wollaston Franks, in exchange for Bristol cups, for £2 2 shillings in 1885 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 221A - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 414:337/A-1885 |
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| Record created | December 22, 2008 |
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