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Plate

ca. 1787 (made)
Artist/Maker
Tournai Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Mayer, Joseph (painter)
Place of origin
Tournai (made)

Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. With a blue border with a gilt diaper pattern of dots and dotted circles in gold, the centre painted in colours with a bird, and the border painted with panels of birds in landscapes and with oval medallions with insects.

Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Soft Paste Porcelain
Painted
Gilded
Brief description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, painted by 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 diaper pattern of dots and dotted circles in gold, the centre painted in colours with a bird, and the border painted with panels of birds in landscapes and with oval medallions with insects.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'm:i' (Painted in black enamel, apparently for Joseph Meyer (1754-1825))
  • 'versait' [?] (Incised)
  • 'Petit guèfier, de sènegal' (Inscribed on the base)
  • 'Merle à col jaune, du sènègal' (Inscribed on the base)
  • 'perruche à collier, des isles maldives' (Inscribed on the base)
  • 'corneille, du sènègal' (Inscribed on the base)
Gallery label
(07/06/2004)
Gallery 128 Decant 2003

The plate is 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). The bird painting has been attributed to Joseph Meyer.
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).
Production
Bird painting attributed to Joseph Meyer in the register.
Subjects depicted
Birds
Landscapes (Representations)
Medallions (Ornament Areas)
Insects
Dots
Diaper
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.1698-1919

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Record createdJune 7, 2004
Record URL
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