Not on display

Plate

1885 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Minton (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Stoke-on-Trent (made)

Plate of bone china, "coupe" shaped. Decorated with plants and butterflies in "Japanese" style in raised silver and gold.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Food Vessels & Tableware
Bone China
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Bone china with gilded and silver decoration
Bone China
Silvered
Gilded
Glazed
Brief description
Plate, bone china with gilded and silver decoration, manufactured by Minton & Co., Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, 1885
Physical description
Plate of bone china, "coupe" shaped. Decorated with plants and butterflies in "Japanese" style in raised silver and gold.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.8cm (taken from registers)
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Mintons', year mark for 1885, 'T' and an unidentified mark

    Note
    Impressed

  • 'FROM WILLIAM MORTLOCK LONDON MINTONS CHINA' and '18 REGENT ST.' within a diamond surmounted by a crown

    Note
    Printed in purple

Credit line
Given by Miss Beatrice Cast
Production
Date mark for 1885
Subjects depicted
Plants
Butterflies
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.35A-1984

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
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