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Plate: C.102-1933

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Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory

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Description

Soft-paste porcelain plate, decorated with flowers underglaze with scale-blue and onglaze in polychrome enamels and gilding.

Soft-paste porcelain plate, decorated underglaze with scale-blue and onglaze in two shades of green, pink, orange-red, and two shades of purple enamels and gilding. Circular with scalloped edge, narrow sloping rim, and shallow well, standing on a footring. The underglaze scale-blue ground reserved with three shaped panels of coloured floral swags separated by three smaller shaped panels of flower sprigs, and with triangular panels of flowers by the rim, all edged with gilt scrollwork.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev. A.V. Valentine-Richards

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 18.8 cm
Height: 3.3 cm

Place(s) associated

  • Worcester ⪼ Worcestershire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev

Dating

18th Century
George III
Production date: circa AD 1770

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( two shades of green, pink, orange-red, and two shades of purple) cobalt-blue gold

Materials used in production

presumed lead Lead-glaze
steatitic Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: W
  • Method of creation: Underglaze in blue
  • Type: Mark

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.102-1933
Primary reference Number: 34270
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 15 March 2019 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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