Plate

ca. 1879 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with berries and foliage. The background is transfer-printed with a pattern of blossoms in grey.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, gilded and transfer-printed
Brief description
Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1879.
Physical description
Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Painted with berries and foliage. The background is transfer-printed with a pattern of blossoms in grey.
Dimensions
  • Approx. diameter: 23cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Printed and impressed mark for Worcester Royal Porcelain co. and mark indicating that the plates were made for Richard Briggs, Boston.)
  • (Patent office Design Registry Mark for 1879.)
Credit line
Given by W.H. Maund, Esq.
Object history
Part of a set of three plates Circ.486 to B-1969.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
CIRC.486A-1969

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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