dish
manufacturer: Chelsea porcelain factory (English, estab. circa 1743, closed 1769)
circa 1752-circa 1756
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Description
dish, oval, with moulded feather rim painted in turquoise and brown enamel. The white ground is painted with flowers and leaves using green, orange and crimson enamels; one of the flowers is a tulip. The back of the dish shows three stilt marks, a portion of one still embedded in the typically thick glaze of the period.
Maker and role
manufacturer: Chelsea porcelain factory (English, estab. circa 1743, closed 1769)
Production place
Chelsea, London, England
Production date
circa 1752-circa 1756
Media description
porcelain, polychrome enamel decoration
Measurements
35 x 262 x 201 mm
Inscriptions
recto hand-painted underglaze red anchor device.
Credit line
Foundation Collection, 1989
Project credit line
This digital record has been made available on TJC Collection Online through a significant donation from the OPENING DOORS fund, the generous support of The Friends of The Johnston Collection, and Digitisation Champion Christine Bell
Accession number
A0677
TJC reference number
877
