Dish

ca. 1775 (made), 1777-1785 (decorated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Circular. The rim is moulded with wavy panels and painted with bouquets in blue camaïeu surrounded by gilt scrolls. In the middle is a cock standing on a barrel beside which a hen is sitting, painted in colours.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, moulded and gilded
Brief description
Circular dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, blank made by Tournai porcelain factory ca. 1775, decorated at the Hague, Netherlands, 1777-1785.
Physical description
Dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Circular. The rim is moulded with wavy panels and painted with bouquets in blue camaïeu surrounded by gilt scrolls. In the middle is a cock standing on a barrel beside which a hen is sitting, painted in colours.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 27.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
A stork (In blue enamel)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
4821-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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