© Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery
Pair of Caughley plates
Artist: Caughley Porcelain Manufactory (active 1772 - 1799)
Location: Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery
Date: 1780
Materials: pottery
Dimensions: 21 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £100 (Total: £100)
Vendor: Sotheby's
Review number: 2376 (1970)
Description:
Plates with a fluted rim, the central reserve is painted in blue underglaze with an insect hovering above a flowering oriental shrub. The rim is powder blue painted with six sections of stylised oriental flowers and Buddist emblems. Underside has a narrow blue band on either side of the foot and 3 trailing branches in blue on the underside of the rim.
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