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Plate, soft-paste porcelain ('duck-egg' body), circular with flared concave profile and plain rim; enamelled with a stylised floral pattern comprising six passion flowers in yellow and blue and trailing foliage with twisted tendrils and red fruits or buds, plain gilded band round the rim.
This unique plate is decorated with a striking pattern of stylised yellow and blue passion flowers. Two other plates decorated in this unusual manner are known. They may have originally belonged to a ‘harlequin’ dessert service. This is a service comprising pieces decorated in the same style, but with different patterns.
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 39279
Creation/Production
Swansea China Works
Date: 1816-1825
Acquisition
Purchase, 22/9/2011
Measurements
diam
(cm): 20.7
Height
(cm): 2.9
diam
(cm): 8
Height
(in): 1
Techniques
jiggered
forming
Applied Art
enamelled
decoration
Applied Art
gilded
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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