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KC1973-694
Dish
KC1973-694

Dish

Dateca. 1758
Artist/Maker Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (1745-1769)
MediumPorcelain, Soft-paste
DimensionsL: 9 3/4"; W: 7 3/4"; H: 1 1/4"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1968-4
DescriptionOval, soft-paste porcelain dish which has been molded to resemble a shell pattern. The hand-painted decoration spans nearly the entire dish. There are three clusters of pink, purple honeysuckles attached to vine-like, green stems with leaves. Each end of the dish has been highlighted with purple and gilding. There is a line of brown, iron oxide along the rim of the dish.
Label TextDishes with this style of botanical decoration are often referred to as Hans Sloane style porcelain. Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) practiced medicine and had a passion for studying nature. In 1713 he purchased a riverside manor in Chelsea which included the Chelsea Physic Garden. Sloane encouraged medical students and the Society of Apothecaries to study, record, and experiment with local and foreign species of plants at the garden. The Chelsea’s Hans Sloane style dishes are a result of the research conducted at the Chelsea Physic Garden.

Molded in the silver shape popular since the raised anchor period, this dish is decorated in the botanical style with honeysuckle.
MarkingsBrown anchor painted on reverse.
"The brown anchor commonly appears on later Red Anchor pieces as well as on some of those of the Gold Anchor period." Elizabeth Adams, CHELSEA PORCELAIN, 98.
ProvenancePurchased from: Otto M. Wasserman, New York
Exhibition(s)
KC1973-695
ca. 1758
DS1997-0491
ca. 1758
KC1973-701
ca. 1758
DS1988-0063
1752-1758
DS1988-0061
1752-1758
DS1999-0526
Shown with 1993-103,A&B
ca. 1770
DS1985-295
Shown:1984-293,1-2
ca. 1755
DS1985-295
Shown:1984-293,1-2
ca. 1755
KC1973-631
1745-1749
KC1973-729
1750-1752
DS1988-0068
1752-1758
KC1976-306
1759-1769