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Chelsea [Lawrence Street Factory]
Set of soup plates c.1763
Soft-paste bone-ash porcelain | 3.4 x 23.5 cm (diameter) | RCIN 57016
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A set of 42 soft-paste bone ash porcelain soup plates; each with a scalloped gilt rim, the border of five shaped Mazarine blue reserves with tooled gilt insects and edged by gilt scrolls, joined by swags of flowers; painted at centre with exotic birds in landscape vignettes.
Provenance
Part of a dinner and dessert service, known as the Mecklenberg Service, commissioned by King George III and Queen Charlotte, by whom presented to her brother, Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenberg-Strelitz in 1764. By descent until 1919; Sir Joseph Duveen: James Oakes by whom presented to HM Queen Elizabeth, 1947 for her Silver Wedding anniversary.
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Creator(s)
(porcelain manufacturer)(manufacturer)(nationality)Acquirer(s)
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Medium and techniques
Soft-paste bone-ash porcelain
Measurements
3.4 x 23.5 cm (diameter)
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