Saucer

The saucer is complete. It is circular in shape. The wall is flared at the top, the rim straight and the top of the rim plain. The wall curves at the base towards the flat bottom. It rests on an annular foot; the underside of the bottom is recessed and flat. There are slight flaws in the face glaze. The inner base shows small linear marks. The underside has numerous small linear marks concentrated in two groups; there is also a hand-engraved letter: N.; The decoration is hand-painted in blue. The decoration is hand-painted in blue, and consists of plant and animal motifs (Bird on the branch). The decoration under the inner rim consists of a ribbon made of double braces with four small pearls arranged in a square; the ribbon is underlined by a fillet. The background is adorned with long, leafy, flowering stems, with a large central flower, on the lower half of the wall; on one of the branches perches a bird seen in profile. An insect twirls above the central flower.

Accession Number 2018.10.731
Date 1770 c
Materials ceramics, fine soft-paste porcelain from England
Measurements 2,4 x 13,393 cm

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Accession Number 2018.10.731
Date 1770 c
Materials ceramics, fine soft-paste porcelain from England
Measurements 2,4 x 13,393 cm

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