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Minton : Staffordshire (c. 1793-1873)
Pair of dessert stands 1850-51
Bone china | 51.5 x 32.5 x 32.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 59767
China Corridor, Windsor Castle
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Two bone china dessert stands with biscuit porcelain figures; two tumbling children on a pierced central stem above a circular plateau painted with floral swags; pierced lower plateau upon base with three niches with children representing the seasons.
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
Measurements
51.5 x 32.5 x 32.0 cm (whole object)
Category
Place of Production
Staffordshire [England]
