Dish
Derby Porcelain Works
Category
Ceramics
Date
1795 - 1805
Materials
soft paste porcelain
Measurements
245 mm (Height)
Place of origin
Derby
Order this imageCollection
Basildon Park, Berkshire
NT 266578.1
Summary
Soft-paste porcelain pineapple dish or holder from a part dessert service, circular base, standing on a pedestal with open, boat-shaped form with central recess for the fruit, Derby Porcelain Factory, about 1791-1796; decorated over the glaze with polychrome enamels depicting auricula flowers to the exterior and individual sprays to the interior, pink border and gilding, pattern number 212. Probably after a print painted and engraved by James Sowerby (1757-1822) and published by William Curtis in Botanical Magazine [No.36] (1787). Titles painted on base, 'Varieties of Auriculas' and 'Large Orange Lily'.
Provenance
Bequest of R. C. Sneyers, The Rectory, Milford, Godalming, Surrey, 1988.
Marks and inscriptions
Underside of base: [crown above a cross with two groups of three dots] / D / 212 (overglaze, blue enamel)
Makers and roles
Derby Porcelain Works, factory after James Sowerby (London 1757 – London 1822), artist after William Curtis (1746-1799), publisher
References
Ledger 1991: A. P. Ledger, 'Derby 'Botanical' Dessert Services, 1791-1811; A Research Study', Derby Porcelain International Society, Vol.2 (1991), pp.79-102. Twitchett, John, Derby Porcelain 1748-1848. An Illustrated Guide, 2002, p. 220