Orpheus leading Eurydice from the Underworld with Cupid,
Category
Ceramics
Date
circa 1810
Materials
Gilded ceramic
Measurements
248 mm (Width) x 32 mm (Depth)
Place of origin
Berlin
Order this imageCollection
Mount Stewart, County Down
NT 1542433.30
Summary
A Berlin cabinet plate painted in sepia with Orpheus leading Eurydice from the Underworld with Cupid, within a gilt well and pale-green band border with blue lines and a band of gilt diaper, circa 1810, blue sceptre mark, gilt P mark. One of a set of thirty six Berlin cabinet plates, thirty one circular and five oval each with a different designs.
Provenance
On loan from the Estate of the Marquess of Londonderry
Credit line
Estate of the Marquess of Londonderry
Marks and inscriptions
blue sceptre mark, gilt P mark