Plate
1750 (made), late 19th century (decorated)
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Plate of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the middle is a group of three musicians beneath a tree in a landscape. One holds a violoncello, another holds a music score and the third is seated in a chair. Water is flowing in the foreground. On the border are four groups of musical instruments and the rim is gilt.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Plate of porcelain, Capodimonte porcelain factory, c. 1750, the decoration partly printed and enamelled in colours in the late 19th century. |
| Physical description | Plate of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the middle is a group of three musicians beneath a tree in a landscape. One holds a violoncello, another holds a music score and the third is seated in a chair. Water is flowing in the foreground. On the border are four groups of musical instruments and the rim is gilt. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A fleur-de-lys (In underglaze blue) |
| Credit line | Presented by Lt. Col. K. Dingwall, DSO with Art Fund support |
| Production | Originally considered to be Buen Retiro ca. 1765. Later considered to be Capo di Monte, 1850-1900. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Bibliographic reference | Mallet, J.V.G.. Transfer printing in Italy and England. Transactions of the English Ceramic Circle, 2011, vol. 22, pp. 89-115. Illustrated plates 32 and 33 'Plate, soft-paste porcelain, decorated with the Muses after Eustache Le Sueur in an over-glaze multi-colour technique combined with hand-painted enamel colours. Mark, fleur-de-lys in underglaze-blue. The plate Capodimonte, Carlo III factory, c 1750, the decoration late 19th century and partly printed by multi-colour process. Diam. 22.3cm. V & A, C.1-1916.' |
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| Accession number | C.1-1916 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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