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Panel

ca. 1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval panel of biscuit porcelain, with central panel glazed and painted. Decorated with a garland of flowers in applied relief, surrounding the central oval glazed panel, which is wreathed in a border of turquoise-green laurel and painted with a figure of Urania in grey-brown.

Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, partly glazed and painted
Brief description
Oval panel, hard-paste porcelain, partly glazed and painted, Bristol porcelain factory, England, about 1775.
Physical description
Oval panel of biscuit porcelain, with central panel glazed and painted. Decorated with a garland of flowers in applied relief, surrounding the central oval glazed panel, which is wreathed in a border of turquoise-green laurel and painted with a figure of Urania in grey-brown.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.7cm
  • Width: 9.5cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Wallace Elliot
Object history
London, Sotheby's, 01/04/1927.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.102-1938

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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