Plate
ca. 1775 (made)
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Plate, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded; the rim has a gilded lobed edge and is decorated with two gilded horizontal bands connected by two intertwined ribbons coloured blue and purple in imitation of silk, in the interspaces of which are gilded rosettes; from the inner gilded line hang festoons of flowers, and a bouquet and detached sprays are scattered over the centre of the dish; the base is strengthened beneath by a ring in relief
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Plate, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, with gilded lobed edge to rim, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1775 |
| Physical description | Plate, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded; the rim has a gilded lobed edge and is decorated with two gilded horizontal bands connected by two intertwined ribbons coloured blue and purple in imitation of silk, in the interspaces of which are gilded rosettes; from the inner gilded line hang festoons of flowers, and a bouquet and detached sprays are scattered over the centre of the dish; the base is strengthened beneath by a ring in relief |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A cross (In overglaze blue) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | One of two plates with 414:754-1885 (Sch. I 756) These plates were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mr Edkins, Bristol, for £14 in February 1869 |
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| Other number | Sch. I 756A - Schreiber number |
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| Accession number | 414:754/A-1885 |
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| Record created | February 11, 2009 |
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