Current Location: Gallery 26 (Lower Marlay)
Maker(s)
Factory:
Worcester Porcelain Factory
Entities
Categories
Description
Soft-paste porcelain plate, decorated with birds and trees in onglaze iron-red, yellow, two tones of green, blue, purple, pink and brown enamels and gilt.
Soft-paste porcelain plate, decorated onglaze in iron-red, yellow, two tones of green, blue, purple, pink and brown enamels and gilt. The circular plate has a scalloped rim with twelve arcs and is moulded with woven oziers. The centre is painted in Sèvres style with two exotic birds standing on an island by a tree, on which perches another bird. The well is scattered with three birds and two insects in flight, with distant flocks between. The rim has a gilt dentil border.
Legal notes
Bequeathed by the Rev. A.V. Valetine-Richards
Measurements and weight
Diameter: 20.6 cm
Place(s) associated
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Worcester
⪼ Worcestershire
⪼ England
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1933)
by
Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev
Dating
18th Century
George III
Circa
1770
-
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
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, painted onglaze with iron-red, yellow, two tones of green, blue, purple, brown and pink enamels, and gilt
Glazing (coating)
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.105-1933
Primary reference Number: 34304
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 6 August 2011
Updated: Tuesday 12 July 2016
Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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