Dish
Category
Ceramics
Date
1765 - 1770
Materials
Gilt, Porcelain
Measurements
38 x 245 mm; 330 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Order this imageCollection
Basildon Park, Berkshire
NT 266484.8
Summary
Dish in famille rose enamels with the arms of Sykes of Basildon Park. Crest at top of plate, above central motif of two pink roses tied with a red ribbon surrounded by butterflies and birds. Flower sprays and two further birds around gilded edge of plate. The crest bears a lady of Bengal holding a rose in her right hand, above an oval enclosing an eagle and insignia, the motto SAPIENS QUI ASSIDUUS ('He is wise who is industrious') below. The dish is in the shape of an elongated octagon with sharp corners (see General Note below). Part of a Chinese porcelain dinner service of c.1765-70 made for Francis Sykes, later Sir Francis, 1st Baronet (see NT/BAS/C/30A-N).
Provenance
Purchased from Heirloom & Howard, London with support from the Art Fund, Edward Langton, 2nd Lord Iliffe and National Trust Associations, 1987.