Pen Tray
ca. 1820 (made)
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Pen tray of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the form of a trough resting on four gilt paws. Inside is a mountainous landscape with a cottage near a waterfall in an oval panel flanked by gilt swans on pedestals from which spring coiled stems of foliage and conventional hyacinths in red, blue, green, purple and gold. The outside is decorated with a scalloped turquoise-blue border from which hang classical lamps separated by sprays of loose foliage.
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Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
Brief description | Pen tray of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, probably painted by Daniel Lucas senior, made by Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1820. |
Physical description | Pen tray of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the form of a trough resting on four gilt paws. Inside is a mountainous landscape with a cottage near a waterfall in an oval panel flanked by gilt swans on pedestals from which spring coiled stems of foliage and conventional hyacinths in red, blue, green, purple and gold. The outside is decorated with a scalloped turquoise-blue border from which hang classical lamps separated by sprays of loose foliage. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
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Accession number | C.348-1935 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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