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Tournai : Belgium (1751-1850)
Set of plates 1787
Soft paste porcelain | 3.3 x 26.5 x 26.5 cm (diameter) | RCIN 33365
China Museum, Windsor Castle
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A set of twenty-seven soft-paste porcelain plates, each with a lobed gilt rim; dark blue border with gilt decoration and three rectangular reserves painted with birds in landscapes, separated by three ovals painted with insects; a bird in a landscape vignette painted at centre.
Provenance
Part of a soft-paste Tournai porcelain combined dinner and dessert service ordered by Louis Philippe, Duc d'Orleans (1747-93) in 1787, painted with birds from Buffon's 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux'; about half of which acquired by George IV from Robert Fogg in two lots in 1803 and 1806.
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Creator(s)
(porcelain manufacturer)(retailer/supplier)(nationality)Acquirer(s)
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Medium and techniques
Soft paste porcelain
Measurements
3.3 x 26.5 x 26.5 cm (diameter)
Category
Place of Production
Tournai [Belgium]
