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Plate: C.21-1918

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory

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Description

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.

Legal notes

Given by Ralph Griffin, MA

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 21.7 cm
Diameter: 8 1/2 in
Height: 3 cm
Height: 18 in

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1918-08-28) by Griffin, Ralph, MA

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II or George III
Circa 1758 - 1765

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels ( red, yellow, green, blue, pink, purple and brown) gold

Materials used in production

presumed lead Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Soft-paste porcelain, moulded and decorated overglaze with flowers and birds in polychrome enamels
Glazing (coating)

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.21-1918
Primary reference Number: 73128

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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

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