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Culture:Chinese
Title:plate
Date Made:1745-1755
Type:Food Service
Materials:ceramic: hard paste porcelain, overglaze polychrome enamel, underglaze brownish enamel, gilding, silver
Place Made:China
Measurements:overall: 9 in; 22.86 cm
Accession Number:  HD 2760
Museum Collection:  Historic Deerfield

Description:
Chinese export porcelain circular plate in the Famille rose palette in black, iron red, turquoise, white, yellow, blue, rose, and green with gilding and silver. The center well has a crest with two chevrons between three escallops argent impaling argent on a chevron gules; and three cross crosslet fitched between three bugle horns. Crest out of a ducal coronet with unicorn head. Arms surrounded gilt (worn) spearhead border. The rim has three poppy sprays in rose, blue, turquoise, yellow, white and green, and a unicorn head at the top.

Subjects:
Pottery; Enamel and enameling; glaze (coating by location); polychrome; Porcelain

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