Saucer
ca. 1825 (made)
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Saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with the crest of the Marquis of Hertford. With a gilt wavy edge and a broad border of wicker-pattern in relief. The badge in the middle consists of the crest enclosed within a blue garter inscribed in gold 'HONI . SOIT . QUI . MAL . Y . PENSE', and surmounted by a marquis's coronet.
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Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
Brief description | Saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1825. |
Physical description | Saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with the crest of the Marquis of Hertford. With a gilt wavy edge and a broad border of wicker-pattern in relief. The badge in the middle consists of the crest enclosed within a blue garter inscribed in gold 'HONI . SOIT . QUI . MAL . Y . PENSE', and surmounted by a marquis's coronet. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Herbert Allen |
Object history | Part of six coffee cups and saucers C.335 to K-1935. Probably made for the Francis Charles, 3rd Marquis of Hertford, K.G., who succeeded his father in 1822 and died in 1842. Formerly in the collection of Sir John Murray Scott, Bart. |
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Bibliographic reference | Wharf, Colin & Freda. Armorials Project. The Marquis of Hertford. Derby Porcelain International Society. Newsletter No. 24, 1992. |
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Accession number | C.335G-1935 |
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Record created | June 29, 2009 |
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