Plate
ca. 1787 (made)
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Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a blue border with a gilt pattern of dots. The centre is painted in colours with a bird, and the border is painted with panels of birds in landscapes and with medallions with insects. The base is inscribed with the names of the birds depicted: 'Perroquet varié de caÿenne', 'Bruant de l'ïsle de bourbon', 'Pie appellé guertan, du Sénégal', and 'Bruant de brésil'.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded |
| Brief description | Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, painted by Joseph Mayer, Tournai porcelain factory, Tournai, ca. 1787. |
| Physical description | Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a blue border with a gilt pattern of dots. The centre is painted in colours with a bird, and the border is painted with panels of birds in landscapes and with medallions with insects. The base is inscribed with the names of the birds depicted: 'Perroquet varié de caÿenne', 'Bruant de l'ïsle de bourbon', 'Pie appellé guertan, du Sénégal', and 'Bruant de brésil'. |
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| Gallery label | Gallery 128 Decant 2003
This piece is apparently from a service that Philippe duc d'Orleans (later known as Philippe Egalité) commissioned from the Tournai porcelain factory in 1787. It consisted of 1603 pieces. The service was dispersed at the time of the French Revoloution and is now scattered throughout museums and private collections. The birds are copied from illustrations in the comte de Buffon's Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux (1770-86).(07/06/2004) |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey |
| Object history | Apparently from a service that Philippe duc d'Orléans (later known as Philippe Egalité) commissioned from the Tournai porcelain factory in 1787. It consisted of 1603 pieces. The service was dispersed at the time of the French Revoloution and is now scattered throughout museums and private collections. See Mireille Jottrand, 'Porcelaines de Tournai. Les services du duc d'Orléans et de Mgr de Salm-Riefferscheide (acuisitions récent)', Cahiers de Mariemont, vol. 3, 1972, pp. 53-7). |
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| Accession number | C.1666-1919 |
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| Record created | June 7, 2004 |
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