Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Soft-paste porcelain plate, painted with flowers and exotic birds in polychrome enamels.
Soft-paste porcelain plate, painted in puce, yellow, green and turquoise enamels, and gilt. The plate has a feather-moulded rim and stands on a ground wedge-shaped foot-ring. It is painted in the centre with three exotic birds in a park, the rim with a band of herring-bone pattern in puce, the feathery scrolls picked out in turquoise and gilt.
History note: Unknown before donor Mrs W.D. (France Louisa) Dickson, Bournemouth
Given by Mrs W.D. Dickson
Diameter: 20.5 cm
Diameter: 8 1/16 in
Height: 2.5 cm
Height: 1 in
Method of acquisition: Given (1931-05-26) by Dickson, W. D. (Frances Louisa), Mrs
18th Century, third quarter#
George III
Gold anchor period (1759-69)
Circa
1760
-
1765
1760
Decoration composed of enamels ( puce, yellow, green and turquoise) gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, moulded and painted with flowers and exotic birds in polychrome enamels
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.35-1931
Primary reference Number: 131179
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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