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Sèvres style dessert plate with ornithological motif

Manufacturer (English, founded 1793)
CultureEnglish
OriginStoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Datec.1880
MediumBone china, enamel, and gold.
DimensionsOverall: 2.8 x 25.2 cm (1 1/8 x 9 15/16 in.)
MarkingsImpressed "MINTON" and names of birds in French "La petite Charbonniere", "L'Hutrier", "Le Pingon" and "Le Figuier brun et jaune" are painted overglaze in blue.
DescriptionSevres style dessert plate with Ornithological motif has twelve shallow lobes in the round rim. There are named birds painted in the centre and in three reserves around the rim. There are also three butterflies in the rim reserves, and the rim has matte blue overglaze ground with heavy, ornate raised gilding.
Credit LineGift of N. Robert Cumming
Object numberG91.3.107
Classifications
European Ceramics
Sub-classification
English Porcelain
Status
Not on view
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