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Chelsea Botanical Plate Painted with Fruit and Vegetables, ca. 1758. Soft-paste porcelain. Dixo ...
Botanical Plate Painted with Fruit and Vegetables
Chelsea Botanical Plate Painted with Fruit and Vegetables, ca. 1758. Soft-paste porcelain. Dixo ...
Chelsea Botanical Plate Painted with Fruit and Vegetables, ca. 1758. Soft-paste porcelain. Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Gift of Mrs. Charlotte Stout Hooker, 2008.DA.2.49

Botanical Plate Painted with Fruit and Vegetables

Manufacturer (English, ca. 1744-1769)
Dateca. 1758
MediumSoft-paste porcelain
DimensionsDiameter: 8 9/16 in. (21.7 cm)
ClassificationsPORCELAIN
Credit LineDixon Gallery and Gardens; Gift of Mrs. Charlotte Stout Hooker
Object number2008.DA.2.49
DescriptionThe plate is painted with a halved pear, an apple, a cherry spig, gooseberries and three insects withing a worn turquoise-edged scalloped rim. The reverse has three green leaf sprigs.
Status
Not on view