History note: Robert Spencer Copeland (1918-2002); by descent to William Copeland (b. 1966)
Diameter: 23.8 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bought (2013-10-14) by Bonhams
19th Century, Mid#
Circa
1840
CE
-
1845
CE
This plate is decorated in the style of the plates from the Sèvres' Empress Catherine Service of 1778, but with floral motifs substituted for the cameos on the rim, and a bouquet of flowers for the wreath enclosing the Empress's cypher in the centre. The Fitzwilliam Museum has a Sèvres plate from the Empress Catherine Service, see C.51-1961
Decoration composed of ground colour enamel gold
or bone china
Soft-paste porcelain
presumed
Lead-glaze
Inscription present: rectangular pale brown label (probably white or cream originally)
Inscription present: circular white stick-on label with scalloped edge
Inscription present: circular white paper stick-on label
Accession number: C.12-2013
Primary reference Number: 197415
Old object number: RSC 99
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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University of Cambridge}}
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Accession Number: E.278.1900
Accession Number: C.183B-1934
Accession Number: C.183C-1934
Accession Number: C.3-1969
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