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Tournai : Belgium (1751-1850)
Set of plates 1787
Soft paste porcelain | 2.9 x 23.0 x 23.0 cm (minimum) | RCIN 36949
China Corridor, Windsor Castle
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A set of 153 medium-sized soft-paste porcelain plates, each with a gilt rim, with a 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 in the 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)
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Medium and techniques
Soft paste porcelain
Measurements
2.9 x 23.0 x 23.0 cm (minimum)
3.4 x 24.0 x 24.0 cm (maximum)
Category
Place of Production
Tournai [Belgium]
