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A centrepiece, known as the Four Seasons centrepiece 1850-51
Bone china, some unglazed as biscuit porcelain | 62.1 x 42.0 x 42.0 cm (diameter) | RCIN 58226
Minton : Staffordshire (c. 1793-1873)
A centrepiece, known as the Four Seasons centrepiece 1850-51
Minton : Staffordshire (c. 1793-1873)
A centrepiece, known as the Four Seasons centrepiece 1850-51
Minton : Staffordshire (c. 1793-1873)
A centrepiece, known as the Four Seasons centrepiece 1850-51
Minton : Staffordshire (c. 1793-1873)
A centrepiece, known as the Four Seasons centrepiece 1850-51
Minton : Staffordshire (c. 1793-1873)
A centrepiece, known as the Four Seasons centrepiece 1850-51
Minton : Staffordshire (c. 1793-1873)
A centrepiece, known as the Four Seasons centrepiece 1850-51
Minton : Staffordshire (c. 1793-1873)
A centrepiece, known as the Four Seasons centrepiece 1850-51
Minton : Staffordshire (c. 1793-1873)
A centrepiece, known as the Four Seasons centrepiece 1850-51
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A large bone china and biscuit porcelain centrepiece, the pierced basket with rose trail about the edge, supported on a parcel gilt rustic arbour with biscuit porcelain figures representing the four seasons at each corner; circular turquoise base with panels of seasonal flowers.
Provenance
Part of the dessert service known as the Victoria pattern dessert service purchased by Queen Victoria from Minton and Co's stand at the Great Exhibition in 1851. She subsequently gave sixty nine pieces of the service to the Austrian Emperor Franz Josef I, for whom it was originally intended, before commissioning more for herself.
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Creator(s)
(porcelain manufacturer)(designer)Acquirer(s)
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Medium and techniques
Bone china, some unglazed as biscuit porcelain
Measurements
62.1 x 42.0 x 42.0 cm (diameter)
Category
Alternative title(s)
'Victoria' centrepiece
Place of Production
Staffordshire [England]
