Plate
Derby Porcelain Works
Category
Ceramics
Date
1795 - 1805
Materials
Soft paste porcelain, Gilding
Measurements
238 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Derby
Order this imageCollection
Basildon Park, Berkshire
NT 266578.3
Summary
Soft-paste porcelain plate, decorated with a yellow and purple flower, pink border and gilding, pattern number 212. From a part dessert service consisting of one tazza, three plates and a dish. Made by the Derby Porcelain Factory, about 1795-1805. After a painting by Sydenham Edwards (1768-1819), engraved by Francis Sansom and published by William Curtis in The Botanical Magazine [No.274](1 September, 1794).Title painted on base, 'Borbonia Crenata Heart Leaved Borbonia'
Provenance
Bequest of R. C. Sneyers, The Rectory, Milford, Godalming, Surrey, 1988.
Makers and roles
Derby Porcelain Works, factory after Sydenham Edwards (1768 - 1819), artist after Sansom, Francis, engraver (printmaker) after William Curtis (1746-1799), publisher