Plate; porcelain; scalloped round edge with basket weave band on interior circumference edge; hand painted bright polychromed exotic bird and foliage motifs; Gold Anchor mark of Chelsea factory on base; diameter: 25.5 cm.
Donor:
Mary L. Ginn
Production place:
Staffordshire, West Midlands, England
Collector:
Mary L. Ginn
Collection date:
1907
Materials:
Porcelain (material)
Object type:
(not specified)
Object class:
Porcelain (visual works)
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1907
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
diameter 25.5 centimeters
Comment:
Gold Anchor period 1760-1770; Rococo style lost favor in 1760's; these are probable hybrid birds; possibly influences from Chinese phoenix bird; the five colors are symbolic of culture; facsimile pictured in below reference. Possibly 1880's as Mrs. Hayes had similar hand-painted plates added to White House sets