Collection Highlights
Life studies of the Great Army
Date:
1876
Object Number:
PR.002.Album383
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Supper plate
Object Number:
1950.36f
Date:
1810-1820
Medium:
Porcelain
Dimensions:
Overall: 1 × 8 1/2 in. (2.5 × 21.6 cm)
Description:
Porcelain plate painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with a "Japan" pattern of flowering plants and fencing within a formal border in red, blue, green and gold.
Gallery Label:
In the 1810s, the opulent Imari style was revived for a middle-class desiring exotic-looking goods. The taste was contemporary with George IV's Brighton Pavilion, a fantastic fusion of Asian and Indian styles. The terms 'India' or 'Japan' marketed richly gilded wares of vague Oriental origin. Amusingly, this style became a quintessentially English china pattern, popular at Spode and Derby, where it is still manufactured.
Credit Line:
Gift of Mrs. Clarence S. Fiske
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
