Plate

ca. 1810 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of bone china painted with enamels and gilded. Lobed rim decorated in gold with a floral trellis-pattern on a striped ground. In the middle is a figure-subject of a shepherd reclining on a rock with sheep beside it and a woman passing by.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate of bone china painted with enamels and gilded, figure-subject painted by W. Fletcher Junior, possibly Davenport & Co., Longport, or probably Coalport Porcelain Factory, Coalport, ca. 1810.
Physical description
Plate of bone china painted with enamels and gilded. Lobed rim decorated in gold with a floral trellis-pattern on a striped ground. In the middle is a figure-subject of a shepherd reclining on a rock with sheep beside it and a woman passing by.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'W. Fletcher, Junr. Del. et Pinx.' (Signed figure-subject)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Painted by W. Fletcher Junior.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Lockett T & Godden G. Davenport China, Earthenware and Glass 1794-1887. London : Barrie & Jenkins, 1989, 275 p.
Collection
Accession number
C.680-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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