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Plate
Made at: Chelsea Manufactory (England, active 1745–1784)
After: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
After: Hubert François Gravelot (French, 1699–1773)
English (London)
About 1752–58
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain with colored enamel and gilded decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 3.8 x 21.6 cm (1 1/2 x 8 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard C. Paine
Accession Number30.310
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionPlate with shaped edge, sprays of flowers in colors on edge, the cetnre panelpainted with a scene with children in a garden, in brillant colors, the boy in a bright blue coat.
Marks
Mark: Red Anchor
InscriptionsPaper label printed: "Alfred E. Hutton Collection No. 82"
ProvenanceBy 1924, Alfred E. Hutton, London [see note 1]. By 1930, Richard C. Paine (b. 1893 - d. 1966), Boston; 1930, gift of Richard C. Paine to the MFA. (Accession date: April 3, 1930).
NOTES:
[1] See W.B. Honey, "Old English Porcelain," pl. 6, no. D, where this plate is listed in Alfred E. Hutton's collection, who lent it to the Chelsea Town Hall exhibition in 1924.
NOTES:
[1] See W.B. Honey, "Old English Porcelain," pl. 6, no. D, where this plate is listed in Alfred E. Hutton's collection, who lent it to the Chelsea Town Hall exhibition in 1924.