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Plate: C.2-1923

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Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Factory: Niderviller Porcelain Manufactory
Proprietor: Custine, Adam-Phlippe, comte de

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Description

Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels with floral bouquets, and with a gilded rim

Hard-paste porcelain, moulded, and painted overglaze in green, yellow, orange, dark-pink, and greyish-mauve enamels, and gilt. Circular, the rim scalloped with alternately large and small arcs; the sides of the shallow well fluted to correspond. Decorated in the middle with a bouquet of flowers and three scattered leaves, and on the rim with three small bunches of flowers. The rim is encircled by a dentilated gold band.

Notes

History note: Uncertain before donor

Legal notes

Given by Lt Col, Kenneth Dingwall, DSO

Measurements and weight

Diameter: 23.3 cm
Height: 2.8 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1923-08-18) by Dingwall, Kenneth, Lt Col., DSO

Dating

18th Century
Louis XVI
Circa 1770 CE - 1793 CE

School or Style

Rococo

Components of the work

Decoration composed of enamels gold

Materials used in production

Glaze
Hard-paste porcelain

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt
Glazing (coating)

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: interlaced Cs
  • Location: On base
  • Method of creation: Painted in grey enamel
  • Type: Mark

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2-1923
Primary reference Number: 73192

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

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

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