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Botanical

Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory1752–56

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Deep well; marli with wavy rim, turned up slightly. Thick purple stem with three large greenish-yellow and two small green leaves. Flower yellowish curly petals around massed anthers. Small sprig of blue morning glory, large dark butterfly, and purple beetle.

Details

  • Title: Botanical
  • Creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
  • Date Created: 1752–56
  • Physical Dimensions: h230 cm
  • Type: Plate
  • Rights: Gift of Irwin Untermyer
  • Medium: Porcelain, with overglaze decoration
  • Provenance: Irwin Untermyer
  • Markings: Red anchor on underside.
  • Exhibitions: "Voyages: Treasures of the Smithsonian Libraries." The Grolier Club, New York, NY, 5/15/01-8/5/01."An Odyssey in Print: Adventures in the Smithsonian Libaries." The Dibner Library of the History of Science, National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C. 5/15/02-12/03. (digital version of exhibition: www.sil.si.edu/exhibitions/odyssey)Sarah Coffin's Welcome Reception (4/21/04 to 6/18/04)
  • Dimensions: Diam.: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)

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