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Chelsea [Lawrence Street Factory]
Centrepiece c.1763
Soft-paste bone-ash porcelain | 42.5 x 66.7 x 59.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 57028
Bow Room, Buckingham Palace
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A large soft-paste bone-ash porcelain centrepiece; shaped oval base with scroll feet; four candle sockets rising from corners between four pierced circular baskets; four central scrolling arms supporting a pierced tureen and cover.
Provenance
Part of a similarly decorated 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
42.5 x 66.7 x 59.0 cm (whole object)
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