Plate: C.104-1933

Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)

Maker(s)

Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory

Entities

Plate

Categories

Soft-paste porcelain

Description

Soft-paste porcelain plate, painted with the 'Earl Manvers' pattern in onglaze red, green, purple and pink enamels, and gilt.

Soft-paste porcelain plate, painted onglaze with red, green, purple and pink enamels, and gilt. The circular plate is supported on a low footring; the out-turned fluted rim has a scalloped edge of twenty-four intersections. The plate is decorated with the 'Earl Manvers' pattern. The rim is painted with a border of pink diaper panels which alternate with green florettes reserved within gilt scrollwork against a stippled ground. The well with eight large radiating 5-scrolls in purple entwined with, and separated by, festoons of red-berried green leaves. In the centre is a cluster of three plums within a feathered gilt medallion.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by the Rev. A.V. Valentine-Richards

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 21.5 cm
Height: 3.3 cm

Place(s) associated

Worcester ⪼ Worcestershire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev

Dating

18th Century
George III
Production date: circa AD 1775

Components of the work

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

Materials used in production

presumed lead Lead-glaze
steatitic Soft-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain, painted onglaze with red, green, purple and pink enamels, and gilt

References and bibliographic entries

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.104-1933
Primary reference Number: 34293
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 12 July 2016

Associated departments & institutions

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

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