Plate
Edward W. Donath
Category
Ceramics
Date
1880 - 1900
Materials
Porcelain
Measurements
232 x 32 mm
Place of origin
Dresden
Order this imageCollection
Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 880900
Summary
Late Dresden plate, painted in the Meissen manner with quartered panels of flowers and Watteau style figures on alternating blue and white grounds divided by gilt panels radiating from a central floral medallion; rim with similar border. Underglaze blue mark crown over Dresden. Decorated by Donath. 1880-1900.
Provenance
Unknown, but to be seen in a photograph of Lady Robartes's Room taken by John Bethell for the National Trust in 1973.
Marks and inscriptions
crown over Dresden (mark on base underglaze blue)
Makers and roles
Edward W. Donath, decorator