Plate
ca. 1820 (made)
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Plate of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. On the rim is a crest with a demi-figure of a man in black and gold dress holding a torch, beneath a pink ribbon with the motto 'VERTUS INVICTA GLORIOSA', painted in a small compartment reserved on a border of formal flowers with scrolled stems in gold on a pale salmon-red ground.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Plate of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Chamberlain & Co., Worcester, ca. 1820. |
| Physical description | Plate of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. On the rim is a crest with a demi-figure of a man in black and gold dress holding a torch, beneath a pink ribbon with the motto 'VERTUS INVICTA GLORIOSA', painted in a small compartment reserved on a border of formal flowers with scrolled stems in gold on a pale salmon-red ground. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | One of two plates with C.525A-1935. According to Fairbairn's Book of Crests the motto Virtus invecta gloriosa (Unconquered virtue is glorious) is the motto of the Thomas family. However, the crest for Thomas, Bart. of Wales (given there together with this motto) is a demi-unicorn and quite different from the one painted here. This crest does not appear in Fairbairn's book, and it may be that it was adopted rather than officially sanctioned by the College of Arms. |
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| Accession number | C.525-1935 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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