Plate
ca. 1807 (made)
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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.
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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. |
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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. |
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Accession number | C.255-1976 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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