Factory: Copeland
Bone china painted in polychrome enamels with two fish
Bone china, pressed, painted in blue, green, yellow, dark puce, purple, brown and black enamels and gilt. Circular with a crenellated edge, shallow fluted curved sides, and flat centre, standing on a footring. The front is decorated with two fish in naturalistic colours. The one on the left is in profile swimming to the right, and the one on the right is swimming towards the viewer surrounded by blue water, and yellowish-green, brown, dark puce and purple. weeds. The crenellated gold edge has pendant lozenge-shaped motifs in the flutes and vertical strokes of different lengths in the alternate spaces.
History note: Ronald Spencer Copeland (1918-2002); by descent to William Copeland (b. 1966); sold Bonham’s 23-24 July, 2013, The Contents of Trelissick House including the Copeland China China Collection, Feock, nr Truro, Cornwall, day 2, second part of lot 681
Purchased with the L.D. Cunliffe Fund
Diameter: 22.4 cm
Height: 1.7 cm
(2013-10-14)
19th Century, Late#
Circa
1891
CE
-
1900
CE
This plate is unusual in being painted by William Mussil who usually worked for the Minton factory
Decoration composed of enamel ( blue, green, yellow, dark puce, purple, brown and black) gold
Pressing
: Bone china, pressed, glazed, and painted in blue, green, yellow, dark puce, purple, brown and black enamels, and gilt
Glazing
Accession number: C.15-2013
Primary reference Number: 197431
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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