Table service
Category
Ceramics
Date
1750 - 1775
Materials
Porcelain, enamel, gold.
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Saltram, Devon
NT 871006
Summary
Dinner service, porcelain, various shapes, made in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Proving, China, Qianlong period (1736–95), third quarter of the 18th century, decorated in the famille rose (‘pink family’) palette in shades of pink, green, blue and gold with scattered flower sprays in the centre surrounded by a band of outward-facing spearheads in gold, the edge of the rim with various lobed and pointed cartouches and stylised floral and foliate ornament, the tureens with foliate finials and boar-head-shaped handles. Comprising 31 octagonal plates (larger size), eight octagonal plates (smaller size), 18 octagonal rounded soup plates, 15 rectangular octagonal serving dishes, four round dessert dishes, two tureens and five octagonal dessert plates.
Full description
Famille rose porcelain was particularly popular in Europe during the middle and the second half of the 18th century, as it chimed with the taste for brighter and more saturated colours in interiors and fashion during this period (North 2018).
Provenance
Believed to have been acquired by a member of the junior branch of the Parker family who resided at Whiteway House, Chudleigh, Devon; thence by descent to Albert Edmund Parker, 3rd Earl of Morley (1843–1905) and to Edmund Robert Parker, 4th Earl of Morley (1877-1951); accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the National Trust, 1957.
References
North 2018: Susan North, 18th-Century Fashion in Detail, London, 2018., p.14