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Plate

1758 (dated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted in puce camaïeuand enamels and gilded. With a reticulated basketwork rim and painted with figures of a man and woman emblematic of 'Earth', against a turquoise ground. The rim is painted in polychrome enamels and gold. Scroll medallions of flowers.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted in puce <i>camaïeu</i>and enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted in puce camaïeuand enamels and gilded, modelled by S. Feilner and painted by J.G. Nerge, Fürstenberg Porcelain, Fürstenberg, dated 1758.
Physical description
Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted in puce camaïeuand enamels and gilded. With a reticulated basketwork rim and painted with figures of a man and woman emblematic of 'Earth', against a turquoise ground. The rim is painted in polychrome enamels and gold. Scroll medallions of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'F' (In underglaze blue)
  • '1758' (In underglaze blue)
Object history
'Earth' is from a set of 'Seasons', after engravings by J. Amigoni.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
1447-1853

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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