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Dish
Made at: Chelsea Manufactory (England, active 1745–1784)
English
About 1758–69
Object Place: Europe, England
Medium/Technique
Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions
Overall: 22.9 x 33 cm (9 x 13 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard C. Paine
Accession Number30.354
CollectionsEurope
DescriptionRectangular dish with cut corners. Turquoise rim with panels of flowers in colors. Center panel painted with a classical scene in brillant colors.
Marks
Mark: Gold Anchor
InscriptionsLabel on reverse: Alfred Hutton Collection, no. 174
Label on reverse: Exhibited Chelsea Town Hall 1924. Loan 94. Hutton
Label on reverse: From the Collection of the Earl of Essex
Label on reverse: Exhibited Chelsea Town Hall 1924. Loan 94. Hutton
Label on reverse: From the Collection of the Earl of Essex
ProvenanceEarl of Essex. By 1924, probably 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] A similar dish is illustrated in R. Blunt, ed. "The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China and Pottery" (1925), cat. 94, pl. 25 from the Alfred Hutton Collection.
NOTES:
[1] A similar dish is illustrated in R. Blunt, ed. "The Cheyne Book of Chelsea China and Pottery" (1925), cat. 94, pl. 25 from the Alfred Hutton Collection.