Plate from the Darwin service, by Wedgwood & Byerley

An image of Plate from the Darwin Service. Wedgwood & Byerley. Lead-glazed earthenware printed underglaze in brown, painted overglaze in pale terracotta enamel and gilt, height (whole) 2.4cm, diameter (whole) 24.8cm, circa 1807 to 1808. England, Staffordshire.

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Plate from the Darwin Service. Wedgwood & Byerley. Lead-glazed earthenware printed underglaze in brown, painted overglaze in pale terracotta enamel and gilt, height (whole) 2.4cm, diameter (whole) 24.8cm, circa 1807 to 1808. England, Staffordshire.

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Accession Number: C.3-1988
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/32.0
Focal length: 100
Camera: Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
Photographer name: Andrew Norman
Image height: 930 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 857.74kB
Exposure time: 1/100
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 32/1
Captured: 2008:07:23 22:09:05

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19th Century British brown dinnerware earthenware enamel enamelled English floral flowers Georgian gilded glazed Josiah Wedgwood lead-glazed lilies lily plate serving piece tableware water lily Wedgwood and Byerley Wedgwood Factory

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