Cake Plate
ca. 1790 (made)
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Cake plate of soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and gilded. Lobed edge. In the middle are five ostrich feathers enclosed between two branches of foliage. On the rim are festoons hanging from a wreath border.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and gilded |
| Brief description | Cake plate of soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and gilded, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1790. |
| Physical description | Cake plate of soft-paste porcelain painted in underglaze blue and gilded. Lobed edge. In the middle are five ostrich feathers enclosed between two branches of foliage. On the rim are festoons hanging from a wreath border. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A crescent (In underglaze blue) |
| Credit line | Given by Alfred Darby, Esq. |
| Production | Attribution taken from the label |
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| Accession number | C.137-1921 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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