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Plate
A plate with a waved rim, underglaze blue ground, decorated with gilt foliage sprays within gilt borders, further sprays of gilding extending into the cavetto, the centre with a circular polychrome reserve of Shakespeare dressed in green, seated in a library at a gothic table and chair, surrounded by books and manuscripts and attended by the muses of drama and poetry.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 30099
Creation/Production
Chamberlain, Worcester
Date: 1795-1798
Acquisition
Bequest, 13/3/1978
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3
Depth
(cm): 24.7
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
underglaze blue
decoration
Applied Art
painted
decoration
Applied Art
enamels
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hybrid-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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