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Tray
Tray, hard-paste porcelain, oval form with straight-sided lobed foot-rim and curving sides, a shaped lobed edge to the rim, to either end of the dish the sides extend into solid rococo handles with shell and foliate mouldings; finely painted in puce with to the well a view of European birds perched on spreading branches and surrounded by scattered butterflies, the handles picked out in puce and gilt, a gilt edge to the rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 35735
Creation/Production
Berlin State Factory
Date: 1770-1780
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 6.7
Length
(cm): 40.6
Width
(cm): 29.9
Height
(in): 2
diam
(in): 16
Width
(in): 11
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
enamel
gilding
glaze
Location
In store
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