Factory:
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Decorator:
August Ernst von dem
Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed, and outside the factory, diamond-point engraved and coloured in black
Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, and glazed; outside the factory diamond-point engraved and coloured in black. The circular dish has a six-sided wavy edge, a sloping rim, deep curved sides, slightly lobed internally, and stands on a circular footrim. The sloping rim is moulded in relief with six shaped areas of different basket-work patterns, one with a shell in the centre by the edge, two with anthemion, and three with a spray of small flowers. The well is decorated on the left with a vase of foliage standing on a pedestal with a bird flying above, and a butterfly jhovering over plants to the right. On the right, there is a square pedestal to the left of a tree on which a bird perches, while another flies from the centre towards it. The pedestal is inscribed 'Bush/Cano S. . . /1765', and has a sapling and grass growin on its top.
History note: Sotheby’s, London, 26 June 1942, Catalogue of Glass Porcelain, Pottery and Italian Majolica .. ., ot 73; one of two sold for £22 to H E Backer, Hatherley Court, Hatherley Grove, W2, from whom purchased on 17 July 1942 for £14 by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum.
Given by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Diameter: 24.8 cm
Height: 4.3 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1942) by The Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum
18th Century, third quarter
Production date:
AD 1765
This plate was decorated outside the factory by Canon Busch of Hildesheim.
Decoration composed of black pigment
clear
Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain
Press-moulding
: Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, glazed, and fired; outside the factory diamond-point engraved and coloured in black
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: EC.29-1942
Primary reference Number: 140417
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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