Dish
early 19th century (made)
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Dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with purple enamels and gilded. Decorated with bands of gold. Oval in shape with a shallow curved-in rim, through which two handle-slots are cut at the narrow ends. The space inside the foot-ring is reinforced by two intersecting ribs. Decorated with a landscape with a tree in the foreground, with ruins, a tower, a lake and a mountain in the distance.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Dish of soft-paste porcelain, Naples Royal Porcelain Factory, Naples, early 19th century. |
| Physical description | Dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with purple enamels and gilded. Decorated with bands of gold. Oval in shape with a shallow curved-in rim, through which two handle-slots are cut at the narrow ends. The space inside the foot-ring is reinforced by two intersecting ribs. Decorated with a landscape with a tree in the foreground, with ruins, a tower, a lake and a mountain in the distance. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'N' under a crown (Impressed) |
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| Credit line | Given by Sir George Murray K.B.E. |
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| Accession number | C.8-1938 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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