Soup Plate
ca. 1785-1787 (made)
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Soup plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, gilded, and moulded. In the middle is a figure of a young man with a spear and shield. Round the rim are four panels with gilt birds and between them are moulded floral scrollwork.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, gilded and moulded |
| Brief description | Soup plate of soft-paste porcelain, Naples Royal Porcelain Factory, Naples, ca. 1785-1787. |
| Physical description | Soup plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, gilded, and moulded. In the middle is a figure of a young man with a spear and shield. Round the rim are four panels with gilt birds and between them are moulded floral scrollwork. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'MVS. ERCOL. / SERIE DI PITTVRE / VN GIOVINE INGOGNITO / RITROVATO NEGLI SCAVI / DI GRAGNANO' (Inscribed on the back in brown) |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey |
| Object history | The figure is after a design discovered during excavations of Gragnano and reproduced in Le Pitture Antiche d'Ercolano, 1765, Vol. IV, Plate. 30. |
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| Accession number | C.1736-1919 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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