Worcester Porcelain Factory
English, born established 1751
This plate is decorated in a style known as "Bengal Tiger", or "Dragon in Compartments." It was introduced by Worcester in the late 1760s. Its source is believed to be a Chinese "famille verte" pattern from the Kangxi period in the early eighteenth century, and it is found primarily on teawares, dessert wares and hexagonal vases.
Source: Visual Splendors: First Period Worcester Porcelain from the Loeb Collection of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 1997.
English, born established 1751
Plate
about 1770
Object Type:
Ceramic
Creation Place:
Northern Europe, English, Worcestershire
Dimensions:
1 3/8 in. x Diam: 8 1/2 in. (3.49 cm x 21.59 cm)
Medium and Support:
Porcelain
Accession Number:
1990.0009.0007
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James Lucien Loeb
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This plate is decorated in a style known as "Bengal Tiger", or "Dragon in Compartments." It was introduced by Worcester in the late 1760s. Its source is believed to be a Chinese "famille verte" pattern from the Kangxi period in the early eighteenth century, and it is found primarily on teawares, dessert wares and hexagonal vases.
Source: Visual Splendors: First Period Worcester Porcelain from the Loeb Collection of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 1997.
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