Images(2)

Plates (3)

Dateca. 1780

OriginAsia, China, Jingdezhen

MediumHard-paste porcelain

Dimensions2024-77,1: OH: 1 1/8"; OD: 9 1/2". 2024-77,2: OH: 1"; OD: 9 1/2". 2024-77,3: OH: 1 1/8"; OD: 9 1/2".

Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edna G. Tucker and Ms. Wendy S. Tucker in memory of Edward Bolton (Teddy) Tucker, M.B.E.

Object number2024-77,1-3

DescriptionPlates (3): each of circular shape with foot ring; decorated with green, pink, and gold; the broad everted rim of each painted at the edge with a gilt husk or bellflower chain on a green band, the green band evenly interrupted by six floral sprays; the cavetto painted with a pink husk chain; and the well painted with a central pink and green leafy flower sprig surrounded by six small leafy flower blossoms.
ProvenanceDescended in the Tucker families of New York and Bermuda. Passed down to Catharine Fitch Tucker [February 28, 1879-August 22, 1970] of Paget, Bermuda, who gifted the piece to her nephew, Edward Bolton (Teddy) Tucker, MBE [May 8, 1929-June 9, 2014]; it then descended to his daughter Wendy Susan Tucker who subsequently gifted it to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in 2024.