Saucer
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
Unknown
Materials
Hard paste porcelain
Measurements
140 mm (diameter)
Place of origin
Meissen
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Coughton Court, Warwickshire
NT 135119.1
Summary
Saucer, hard paste porcelain, circular form with plain rim, no well, Meissen Porcelain Factory, Dresden, ca 1880-1900; encrusted on the exterior with modelled, naturalistically coloured forget-me-nots, the interior painted with a large central spray of forget-me-nots, with individual floral sprigs and insects surrounding in red, pink and green enamels, band of gilding to rim.
Provenance
Purchased by National Trust in 2005 through private treaty sale
Makers and roles
Meissen Porcelain Factory, potter