Factory: Worcester Porcelain Factory
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.
Bequeathed by the Rev. A.V. Valetine-Richards
Diameter: 20.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1933) by Valentine-Richards, A. V., The Rev
18th Century
George III
Circa
1770
-
1775
Decoration composed of enamels ( red, green, purple and pink) gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
steatitic
Soft-paste porcelain
Moulding
: Soft-paste porcelain, painted onglaze with iron-red, yellow, two tones of green, blue, purple, brown and pink enamels, and gilt
Glazing (coating)
Accession number: C.105-1933
Primary reference Number: 34304
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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