On display
Image of Gallery in South Kensington

Plate

ca. 1853 (made)
Artist/Maker
Königliche Porzellan Manufaktur Berlin (maker)
Mieris, Frans Van (painter)
Place of origin
Berlin (made)

Hard-paste porcelain plate, painted in enamels and gilt with a genre scene in the Dutch style.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt
Hard Paste Porcelain
Painted
Gilt
Glazed
Brief description
Hard-paste porcelain plate painted in enamels and gilt with a genre scene in the Dutch style, Berlin, ca. 1853
Physical description
Hard-paste porcelain plate, painted in enamels and gilt with a genre scene in the Dutch style.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
Marked with a Prussian eagle within a band inscribed 'KOENIGLICHE PORZELLAN MANUFAKTUR'
Gallery label
PLATE
Royal Porcelain Manufactory
Manufacturers
Berlin: about 1853
Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt

1496a-1854

From the 1820s the Royal Porcelain Factory at Berlin had faced increasing competition from rivals in Germany and from imports. Under the managers Friedrich Georg Frick (1832-1848) and his successor Kolbe, the factory was modernised and prospered by producing utilitarian porcelain, while continuing to make grand vases and services for royal use. This plate, bought from the Dublin 1853 Exhibition, typifies Berlin exhibition porcelain, painted with a genre scene after the Dutch painter Frans Mieris. Its marks include a Prussian eagle within a band inscribed KOENIGLICHE PORZELLAN MANUFAKTUR.
Object history
Purchased from the Dublin 1853 Exhibition.
Associated object
1496A-1854 (Object)
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
1496-1854

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Record createdApril 27, 2009
Record URL
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