Plate
ca. 1758-1769 (made)
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Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with an exotic bird perched on a gilt spray, in a white panel with a scrolled gilt edge occupying the middle, and reserved on a ground of scale-pattern in relief, painted in pink, blue and gold to imitate peacock's feathers with which the rim is covered. The rim has a lobed edge moulded with a feather-pattern.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded |
| Brief description | Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded, Chelsea Porcelain factory, Chelsea, ca. 1758-1769. |
| Physical description | Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with an exotic bird perched on a gilt spray, in a white panel with a scrolled gilt edge occupying the middle, and reserved on a ground of scale-pattern in relief, painted in pink, blue and gold to imitate peacock's feathers with which the rim is covered. The rim has a lobed edge moulded with a feather-pattern. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | One of two plates with C.252-1935. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Honey, W.B. Old English Porcelain: A Handbook for Collectors. London : Faber & Faber, 1977. 69 p., Pl. 26b.
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| Accession number | C.252A-1935 |
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| Record created | June 22, 2009 |
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