Dish
Date1752-1758
Artist/Maker
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
(1745-1769)
MediumPorcelain, Soft-paste
DimensionsOH: 2 7/16"
OD: 10 7/8'
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1968-420
DescriptionDish: Dish is circular, scalloped, rimless, shallow, bowl form with raised foot rim, twoelve lobed rim palinted with brown line; The hand-painted decoration is asymmetrical and in the Hans Sloane style. The decoration consists of one large and two smaller Turnip leaves (Brassica). There are also four insects depicted: an orange and yellow butterfly, a blue and yellow butterfly, a blue beetle, and a red beetle. There is a line of red, iron oxide on the rim.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. Chelsea’s Hans Sloane style dishes are a result of the research conducted at the Chelsea Physic Garden.
This botanical-decorated plate has one large and several small leaves; shadows are painted at the stems of the central leaves. A smaller dish, with the same leaves in the identical position, is in the British royal collection.
MarkingsAnchor painted red within footring (Godden 868)
ProvenanceEx coll: Viscount Downe, Scarborough, Yorkshire, and London
Purchased from: Tilley & Co., London
