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Soup Plate

ca. 1785-1787 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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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Object type
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.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 26.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
'MVS. ERCOL. / SERIE DI PITTVRE / VN GIOVINE INGOGNITO / RITROVATO NEGLI SCAVI / DI GRAGNANO' (Inscribed on the back in brown)
Gallery label
(ca. 1995)
SOUP PLATE
Porcelain
Inscribed:'MVS. ERCOL. / SERIE DI PITTVRE / VN
GIOVINE INGOGNITO / RITROVATO NEGLI
SCAVI / DI GRAGNANO'
ITALY (NAPLES); about 1785-1787
J. G. Joicey Bequest
C.1736-1919
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)
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.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1736-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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