Plate
ca.1870-ca.1917 (made)
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Circular plate on turned foot-ring (diameter 22.6 cm, height 2.9 cm); the upper face with central reserved roundel transfer-printed in black with inscription in Arabic, the surrounding area painted in blue enamel and gold with abstracted floral pattern, and with border of leaves and dots in blue and pink enamel ringed in blue; the rim is edged in gold (now rubbed). The base has the printed factory mark in iron red of the imperial eagle (indicating the imperial warrant) above the St George and the dragon (for Moscow), the latter contained within an oval band with the factory name and Moscow in Cyrillic, which in turn is above an inscription in Arabic Painter's mark of two dots in blue enamel on base
Condition: some painted decoration and gilding now rubbed
Condition: some painted decoration and gilding now rubbed
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Hard-paste porcelain, thrown and turned and with clear glaze, with transfer-printed inscription, painted in blue and red enamels and with gilt decoration |
| Brief description | Plate, hard-paste porcelain, transfer-printed with inscription in black enamel and painted in enamels and gilt, made by and with the factory mark of the Gardner Porcelain factory, Moscow, about 1890-1917 |
| Physical description | Circular plate on turned foot-ring (diameter 22.6 cm, height 2.9 cm); the upper face with central reserved roundel transfer-printed in black with inscription in Arabic, the surrounding area painted in blue enamel and gold with abstracted floral pattern, and with border of leaves and dots in blue and pink enamel ringed in blue; the rim is edged in gold (now rubbed). The base has the printed factory mark in iron red of the imperial eagle (indicating the imperial warrant) above the St George and the dragon (for Moscow), the latter contained within an oval band with the factory name and Moscow in Cyrillic, which in turn is above an inscription in Arabic Painter's mark of two dots in blue enamel on base Condition: some painted decoration and gilding now rubbed |
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| Credit line | Presented by Lewis Baxter through Art Fund |
| Object history | Made for the Central Asian and Middle Eastern Market and acquired by the donor in Iran |
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| Accession number | C.29-2004 |
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| Record created | April 26, 2004 |
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