Bread and butter plate
Crown Derby
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1815
Materials
Bone china, painted in polychrome, with gold scrollwork
Measurements
39 mm (Height); 214 mm (Dia)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Shugborough Estate, Staffordshire
NT 1270574.4.2
Summary
A bread and butter dish, one of a pair, part of a 20-piece Derby tea and coffee service, bone china, polychrome painted with floral still-lives on a marble plinth, attributed to Edwin Steele (1805-1871), on a rich cobalt blue, ground with gold scrollwork, gilders mark ‘70’ in gold and the factory mark in iron-red for Robert Bloor & Co., circa 1815-26. Robert Bloor was the proprietor of the Derby factory between 1815 and 1845. Mark: 'D' under a crown and crossed batons with six dots in iron-red enamels Additional information on the dating kindly provided by Bryan Merrett of the Derby Porcelain International Society.
Marks and inscriptions
Base of dish: Historic NT Inventory Number: Shug/C/82, k Base of dish: Black/silver NT Asset label Base of dish: Makers mark: 'D' under a crown and crossed batons with six dots in iron-red enamels Base of dish: Gilders mark '70' in gold
Makers and roles
Crown Derby, maker