Plate
Unknown
Category
Ceramics
Date
c. 1728
Materials
Ceramics, hard paste porcelain, enamels, gilding
Measurements
350 mm (Diameter)
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
Collection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730545.3
Summary
Three plates, 35cm diameter, hard paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, probably manufactured in Jingdezhen and decorated in Guangzhou, China (for the export market), Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng reign (1722-1735), circa 1728, from a partial dinner service comprising: one 23cm plate, three 32cm plates, three 35cm plates and two 39cm plates. Unmarked. Armorial porcelain decorated in the rouge-de-fer pattern with an eagle's head crest and the arms of Hoare, a double-headed eagle, with the arms of Colt, three galloping colts, in pretence. Made for Henry Hoare II, called 'the Magnificent' (1705-1785).
Provenance
Commissioned circa 1728.Associated with the tea service (730489) listed in the ‘Inventory of Heirlooms at Stourhead directed to be taken by the Will of the late Sir Richard Colt Hoare Bart.’, 1838, in the China Cupboard, as ‘Set of Oriental Tea China marked with the Family Crest containing 8 Tea Cups and 10 Saucers, Sugar Basin Cream pot, Stand & Cover 5 Coffee cups 4-5 saucers 2 Breakfast Cups 1 saucer & 1 Bread and Butter plate imperfect.’Bequeathed by Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare, 6th Bt (1865 – 1947), 1946.
Makers and roles
Unknown, manufacturer Unknown, decorator