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Factory:
Kerr and Binns
Bott, Thomas
Bone china plate, painted in white enamel with putti and grotesques on underglaze blue ground and gilt.
Bone china plate, painted in white enamel and gilt, on underglaze blue ground.The plate is circular, with slightly rounded sides; it has no well, and is supported on a low footring. The deep glossy underglaze blue cobalt ground has three circular medallions in reserve, each painted en 'grisaille' in imitation of 16th century Limoges enamels, with 3 winged putti in raised white enamel; the vessel which they carry are gilt, with details picked out of 'grotteschi' in white, with gilt details. The centre of the plate is banded with an anthemion border in gilt. The underglaze blue ground colour extends to the underside of the plate, and the footring is banded in gilt, with chased diagonal hatching.
Given by C.H.B. Caldwell
Diameter: 25.8 cm
Height: 3 cm
Method of acquisition: Given (1939-02-01) by Caldwell, C.H.B.
19th Century, Mid#
Victoria
Production date:
circa
AD 1859
Decoration composed of enamel ( white) gold blue
Inscription present: signed
Accession number: EC.5-1939
Primary reference Number: 37751
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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