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"Hans Sloane" Botanical Plate (One of Twelve) Plate

This is a plate. It was manufactured by Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory and after Georg Dionysius Ehret. It is dated 1754–1758 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.

Botanical plate
Manufactured by the Chelsea Porcelain Factory
c. 1753-1758 (Red Anchor)
Chelsea, England
Porcelain, enameled decoration
Gift of Irwin Untermyer, 1957-11-7
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum
Photo by Matt Flynn

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

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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] an anchor, painted in red overglaze (close to the rim)

It is signed

Not signed

It is inscribed

Uninscribed

Cite this object as

"Hans Sloane" Botanical Plate (One of Twelve) 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.

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