Plate
ca. 1775 (made)
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Cake plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Decorated with a seaport scene with Oriental figures and a boat painted en camaïeuin purple in the middle. On the rim is a formal border in gold and red. Underneath is a ring in relief within the foot-ring to give support in the kiln.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels |
| Brief description | Cake plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1775. |
| Physical description | Cake plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Decorated with a seaport scene with Oriental figures and a boat painted en camaïeuin purple in the middle. On the rim is a formal border in gold and red. Underneath is a ring in relief within the foot-ring to give support in the kiln. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
| Object history | From the same service as C.636&A-1935. Formerly in the Alfred Trapnell Collection. |
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| Accession number | C.637-1935 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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