Round white porcelain plate with wavy brown-edged rim, painted with plants and insects. A large tulip tree flower with leaves fills the plate. The flower at upper right has upright white petals marked with orange. The stem below is purple, with yellow-green serrated leaves. A large curling leaf fills the bottom half of the plate, echoing the curve of the rim. Surrounding the stem, smaller insects and plants. At center, a purple winged insect; at four o'clock, a purple insect with folded wings; at nine o'clock, trumpet-shaped pale blue morning glory flowers; at eleven o'clock, a butterfly with brown, yellow, and purple wings.

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"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate

This is a plate. It was manufactured by Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory and after Georg Dionysius Ehret. It is dated 1753–1756 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.

The Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory, established in London in 1745, was a short walk from the Chelsea Physic Garden, where the firm’s painters had access to an abundance of plants for in-person study. This book Figures of the Most Beautiful… contains drawings of more than 300 specimens of plants from the Chelsea Physic Garden, which were referenced for the decoration on these ten plates. While fashionable in subject matter and style, flowers, insects, and leaves also played a practical role to disguise flaws and imperfections in the plates’ delicate porcelain and glaze

This object was donated by Irwin Untermyer, Esq.. It is credited Gift of Irwin Untermyer.

Plate (France)
tin-glazed earthenware.
Gift of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw.
2008-40-1

An anatomical model of a four light purple centered white petaled flower, light brown viened Aesculus Hippocastanum, or horse chestnut. Six white stamens rise out of the center with brown seed pods at the end. A hefty green stem is glued to a vertical rod mounted on a stepped base with affixed paper label

Model, Aesculus Hippocastanum, 1875–1898
wood, papier-mâché, cardboard, plaster, reed pith, metal, string, feathers,....
Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
22.2018.5

Two antatomical models of waxy lavendar purple petaled Daphne Mezereum, commonly known as a February Daphne with five light brown seeds in the middle. They rise from a slanted green branch glued to a vertical rod mounted on a stepped base with an affixed paper label.

Model, Daphne Mezereum, 1875–1898
wood, papier-mâché, cardboard, plaster, reed pith, metal, string, feathers,....
Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
22.2018.4

Our curators have highlighted 5 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

Round white porcelain plate with wavy brown-edged rim, painted with bindweed plant and insects. At center right and left, two trumpet-shaped flowers in purple and brown. The petals open out into purple ovals surrounding an eight-pointed brown star shape in each. The lower part of the flower is visible as a brown U-shape below the purple oval. Surrounding the flowers, large heart-shaped green leaves on a vine. On the rim of the plate, various insects. At twelve o'clock, a purple and yellow insect; at one o'clock, a round blue beetle; at three o'clock, a blue winged insect; at five o'clock, a multicolor butterfly in yellow, orange, blue, and purple; at nine o'clock, a blue winged insect.

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
1957-11-5

An anatomical model of a white tipped green flower and light green stemmed Rhamnus Frangula, commonly known as an alder buckthorn, glossy buckthorn, or breaking buckthorn glued to a vertical rod mounted on a stepped base with an affixed paper label.

Model, Rhamnus Frangula, 1875–1898
wood, papier-mâché, cardboard, plaster, reed pith, metal, string, feathers,....
Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
22.2018.2

Round white porcelain plate with wavy brown-edged rim, painted with plants and insects. At center, tall lobed bocconia leaves in shades of green, teal, and purple. At left, a spray of small round pale yellow fruits. Surrounding the large plants are the same fruits, insects, and smaller flowers. At twelve o'clock, a purple insect with wings folded, and a small fruit; at one o'clock, a sprig with clover-like pale purple flowers; at three o'clock, two small fruits and a purple and yellow butterfly; at five o'clock, small purple flowers; at six o'clock, a small fruit, and an olive green caterpillar crawling up the stem of the lobed leaf at center left.

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate
soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
1957-11-8

Its dimensions are

H x diam.: 3.5 x 23 cm (1 3/8 x 9 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Underside: [1] red anchor?

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

"Hans Sloane" Plate Plate; Manufactured by Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (United Kingdom); After Georg Dionysius Ehret (German, 1708 - 1770); England; soft paste porcelain, vitreous enamel; H x diam.: 3.5 x 23 cm (1 3/8 x 9 1/16 in.); Gift of Irwin Untermyer; 1957-11-7

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Botanical Expressions.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2Cn5H/
Accession Number 1957-11-7
Object ID 18411445