Plate

Date1752-1758

Artist/Maker Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (1745-1769)

MediumSoft-paste porcelain

DimensionsDiam: 8 7/8"; H: 1 3/16"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1968-230,1

DescriptionRound plate; wide rim with wavy edge lined in purple, molded in high relief with scrolls, pitted texture, and reserves in the rococo silver manner; the reserves, edged with purple and painted with sprays of European flowers, repeating the central spray in size and full range of colors; two additional small sprays in the center; reverse has sunken base foot.

Red anchor period.
Label TextThis plate is boldly molded in a shape inspired by silver examples. Each cartouche in its rococo rim is of a different outline and each scroll is unlike any other. The plate is probably like the "Twelve curious desart plates chased, enamelled with flowers," listed in the 1755 catalog. A gold-anchor-marked dish of this shape, perhaps from the same mold, survives, but the "chased" or textured areas have been cut away, leaving openwork.
InscribedAnchor painted red within footring (Godden 868)
MarkingsNone

ProvenanceSotheby & Co. April 2, 1968; Tilley & Co., London