A plate with a wavy, brown-edged rim. Botanical decoration of a Magnolia. Thick purple and green stem with yellow, green, and purple lanceate leaves. Large flower with yellowish curling petals and cone-shaped purple and green pistil. Sprigs of yellow and blue flowers. Two large butterflies, one moth. The decoration after Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770), PLANTAE SELECTAE, 1770-1773, Tab.IX, "Magnolia..."

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Plate (England), 1753–58

This is a Plate. It was made by Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory. It is dated 1753–58 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is soft-paste porcelain, overglaze enamels. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

The Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, established in London in 1745, was a short walk from the Chelsea Physic Garden, where the firm’s painters had access to an abundance of plants for in-person study. This book Figures of the Most Beautiful… contains drawings of more than 300 specimens of plants from the Chelsea Physic Garden, which were referenced for the decoration on these ten plates. While fashionable in subject matter and style, flowers, insects, and leaves also played a practical role to disguise flaws and imperfections in the plates’ delicate porcelain and glaze

This object was donated by Irwin Untermyer, Esq.. It is credited Gift of Irwin Untermyer.

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Octagonal form with fluted rim with narrow green border; center decorated with three Callot-style figures and foliage in green and ochre on white ground.
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A plate with a wavy, brown-edged rim. Decoration showing flowering plant and insects.

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soft-paste porcelain, overglaze enamels.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
1957-11-10

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Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 3.9 x 22.7 cm (1 9/16 x 8 15/16 in.)

It has the following markings

On underside red anchor

Cite this object as

Plate (England), 1753–58; Made by Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (United Kingdom); soft-paste porcelain, overglaze enamels; H x diam.: 3.9 x 22.7 cm (1 9/16 x 8 15/16 in.); Gift of Irwin Untermyer; 1957-11-12

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Cn5r/
Accession Number 1957-11-12
Object ID 18411429