Plate

ca. 1807 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Six-lobed plate of porcelain. The well painted in enamel colours with the interior of an Arabian Palace, with heavy red curtains across the top and down the left hand side. In the foreground three figures seated on cushions. On the left a pedestal-table covered with fruit and an urn, while on the floor underneath another too handed vessel and a plate of fruit. To the right stands a figure in peasant costume with a fish under his left arm. The flange is bordered by thick gold bands enclosing a gilt lattice design. Top centre a heraldic crest, comprising a demi-lion rampart, holding in his dexter paw a thistle (rose?) proper.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Plate, porcelain painted in enamels and gilt; Coalport Porcelain Factory, England, ca. 1807
Physical description
Six-lobed plate of porcelain. The well painted in enamel colours with the interior of an Arabian Palace, with heavy red curtains across the top and down the left hand side. In the foreground three figures seated on cushions. On the left a pedestal-table covered with fruit and an urn, while on the floor underneath another too handed vessel and a plate of fruit. To the right stands a figure in peasant costume with a fish under his left arm. The flange is bordered by thick gold bands enclosing a gilt lattice design. Top centre a heraldic crest, comprising a demi-lion rampart, holding in his dexter paw a thistle (rose?) proper.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 20.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Noureddin and the Beautiful Persian / Arabian Nights / John Duncombe Taylor / August 1807' (Inscribed on the reverse)
Object history
The subject was taken from 'The Tales of the Arabian Nights', Vol. III, with engravings by A. Raimbach after a painting by R. Smirke R.A., published by William Miller, Old Bond Street, London, April 1802.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.255-1976

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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