Dessert plate, pierced and painted with plums
Manufacturer
Minton
(English, founded 1793)
CultureEnglish
OriginStoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Dateca.1890
MediumBone china, enamel, and gold.
DimensionsOverall: 2.1 x 23.5 cm (13/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
MarkingsImpressed "MINTONS", cipher marks for June 1890 and potter's mark. Impressed pattern registry mark for April 1873.
DescriptionDessert plate has three rows of diminishing size piercing around plain centre. The pierced area has a moulded pattern on inner and outer rows. It has hand-painted plums and strawberries with foliage in centre. The pierced border has beige overglaze colour, gilding around rim and centre area.
Credit LineGift of N. Robert Cumming
Object numberG91.3.111
Classifications
European CeramicsSub-classification
English PorcelainCollections
Status
Not on viewArtist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.1a-b
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1725-30
Object number: G12.17.2a-b
Artist / Maker: Minton
ca.1872
Object number: G91.3.100
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
ca.1720; decoration ca.1725-1735
Object number: G05.12.10a-b