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Saucer
Saucer, hard-paste porcelain, short foot-rim and curving sides; decorated with to the centre of the well a circular medallion containing a brown striped ground against which is painted a silhouetted bust in monochrome, the medallion and bust enclosed by green laurel wreaths and puce ribbons, to either side of the medallion two urns painted in monochrome, two small gilt sprigs also to the sides of the well, a gilt dentil edge to the rim.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 36402
Creation/Production
Höchst Porcelain Factory
Date: 1780 ca
Acquisition
Gift, 1/2/1918
Given by W.S de Winton
Measurements
Height
(cm): 3.1
diam
(cm): 12.5
Height
(in): 1
diam
(in): 4
Techniques
press-moulded
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
hard-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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