Dish
ca. 1783-93 (made)
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Dessert dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with blue enamels and gilded. Square with a lobed rim. In the middle is a flower in a medallion. On the rim is a blue border with laurel wreath in gold, and gilt festoons dependent from it.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with blue enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Dessert dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with blue enamels and gilded, Caughley porcelain factory, probably gilded at Chamberlain's factory, Worcester, ca. 1783-93 |
| Physical description | Dessert dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with blue enamels and gilded. Square with a lobed rim. In the middle is a flower in a medallion. On the rim is a blue border with laurel wreath in gold, and gilt festoons dependent from it. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'S' (In underglaze blue) |
| Credit line | Given by Alfred Darby, Esq. |
| Production | The underglaze blue decoration was carried out at the Caughley factory, and the gilding was probably added at Chamberlain's works |
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| Accession number | C.133-1921 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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