Dish
ca. 1770 (made)
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Dessert dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded. Moulded in the form of two lettuce-leaves. The midribs are painted in crimson and the edges are gilt. In the middle are two exotic birds among bushes, surrounded by butterflies and other insects.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Dessert dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770 |
| Physical description | Dessert dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded. Moulded in the form of two lettuce-leaves. The midribs are painted in crimson and the edges are gilt. In the middle are two exotic birds among bushes, surrounded by butterflies and other insects. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Captain H. B. Murray |
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| Accession number | C.2594-1910 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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