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Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain plate, moulded and decorated overglaze with flowers and birds in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain plate, moulded and painted in red, yellow, green, blue, pink, purple and brown enamels. The five-lobed plate has a wavy rim moulded with basketwork hoops, each containing two quatrefoil florettes. It is painted in the centre with an exotic bird standing in a park, another perched in a tree, the rim decoration picked out in pink, blue, and gilt.
Given by Ralph Griffin, MA
Diameter: 21.7 cm
Diameter: 8 1/2 in
Height: 3 cm
Height: 18 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1918-08-28) by Griffin, Ralph, MA
18th Century, Mid
George II or George III
Circa
1758
-
1765
Decoration composed of enamels ( red, yellow, green, blue, pink, purple and brown) gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded and decorated overglaze with flowers and birds in polychrome enamels
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.21-1918
Primary reference Number: 73128
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:
The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Plate" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/73128 Accessed: 2024-12-26 20:48:23
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|author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-26 20:48:23|publisher=The
University of Cambridge}}
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