Sweetmeat Tray
ca. 1760-1770 (made)
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Sweetmeat tray of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Mounded in relief. Composed of two conjoined shell-like compartments, with a handle of rococo scrollwork rising vertically between them. They are moulded with a scrollwork border and supported on four small feet. On either side in the middle are applied twigs with foliage. The outer surface is coloured pale yellow.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, gilded and moulded |
| Brief description | Sweetmeat tray of soft-paste porcelain, Buen Retiro porcelain factory, Buen Retiro, ca. 1760-1770. |
| Physical description | Sweetmeat tray of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Mounded in relief. Composed of two conjoined shell-like compartments, with a handle of rococo scrollwork rising vertically between them. They are moulded with a scrollwork border and supported on four small feet. On either side in the middle are applied twigs with foliage. The outer surface is coloured pale yellow. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | A fleur-de-lys (In underglaze blue) |
| Gallery label | SWEETMEAT TRAY
Porcelain
Mark: a fleur-de-lys, in underglaze blue
SPAIN (BUEN RETIRO); about 1760-70
Gift of Mr J. H. Fitzhenry
C.22-1910
(Label draft attributed to John V. G. Mallet, ca. 1995)(ca. 1995) |
| Credit line | Given by Mr J.H. Fitzhenry |
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| Accession number | C.22-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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