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Plate
Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory1753-58
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Botanical decoration of a Magnolia in deep well; wavy, turned-up edge on marli. Thick purple and green stem with yellow, green, and purple lanceate leaves. Large flower with yellowish curling petals and cone-shaped purple and green pistil. Sprigs of yellow and blue flowers. Two large butterflies, one moth. The decoration after Georg Dionysius Ehret (1708-1770), PLANTAE SELECTAE, 1770-1773, Tab.IX, "Magnolia..."
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Details
- Title: Plate
- Creator: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
- Date Created: 1753-58
- Physical Dimensions: h227 cm
- Type: Plate
- Rights: Gift of Irwin Untermyer
- Medium: Porcelain, with overglaze decoration
- Provenance: Gift of Irwin Untermyer
- Markings: red anchor on base
- Dimensions: diam.: 22.7 cm (8 15/16 in.)
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