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Chelsea [Lawrence Street Factory]
Set of dishes c.1763
Soft-paste bone-ash porcelain | 2.7 x 27.5 x 22.3 cm (whole object) | RCIN 57026
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A set of seven soft-paste bone-ash porcelain oval dishes; each with scalloped gilt rim, the border of four shaped Mazarine blue reserves, with tooled gilt insects edged by gilt scrolls, joined by swags of flowers; painted at centre with exotic birds in vignette landscapes.
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 Queen Elizabeth for her Silver Wedding anniversary, 1947.
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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
2.7 x 27.5 x 22.3 cm (whole object)
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