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Palette

Date1826 (June, dated)

OriginEngland, Birmingham (probably)

MediumEnamel: copper alloy; glass enamels

DimensionsW: 4 3/4in. (12.1cm); L: 5 5/8in. (14.3cm)

Credit LineGift in memory of Rupert Gentle by: Joyce Golden & Associates, Mr. Wendell Garrett & The Magazine Antiques, Mrs. Gray Boone & Antique Monthly, Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Trace, Mr. Don Abarbanel, Mr. Richard Faber, Mr. John Bihler and Mr. Henry Coger.

Object number1976-390

DescriptionOval enameled copper plaque or palette with white ground on the front of the plaque covered by 100+ square patches or blocks of colored enamels, some numbered. Some of the colored squares are painted over with a black "X". The top front side of the plaque is incribed in pale brown "Bishops. T:6. Flux." The white ground of the back of the plaque is tinged with turquoise and inscribed in the center in blue "June : 1826. / Fired = 1.1. / W:G. [Cr.?].
InscribedThe top front side of the plaque is incribed in pale brown "Bishops. T:6. Flux." The white ground of the back of the plaque is tinged with turquoise and inscribed in the center in blue "June : 1826. / Fired = 1.1. / W:G. [Cr.?].
ProvenanceJoyce Golden & Associates, New York

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