Physical description Plate, porcelain, with a rim shaped in four pointed lobes, painted in famille rose enamels and gold with the arms of Drake. In the centre is the design of two pheasants on a rock with peonies. Round the rim is a border of rocaille work in European style with elements of shells and also what appear to be pottery kilns with vents sprouting smoke and cartwheels. Below is a roccoco shield containing the arms of Drake, Awyvern with wings displayed and tail nowed; the crest is not recorded (in the form of a castle?). The arms could also be of Venables (Argent a wyvren passant gules). The arms are similar to another, with a different crest, made for the Drake family of Shardeloes in Buckinghamshire and identical to a tea service mae a little later. These two may have been made for Captain Richard Drake of the Hawk, at Canton in 1758. Place of Origin China (made) Date ca. 1750 (made) Artist/maker Unknown (maker) Materials and Techniques Porcelain painted in enamels and gold Dimensions Diameter: 23.3 cm Descriptive line Dish, porcelain, painted in famille rose enamels and gold with coat of arms, China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign, ca. 1750 Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no) Howard, David Santuary. Chinese Armorial Porcelain. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1974, p. 337 Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, p.42, pl.47 Materials Porcelain Techniques Gilding; Glazed; Painted Subjects depicted Rock; Smoke; Pheasants; Kilns; Peonies Categories Ceramics; Porcelain Collection East Asia Collection
Physical description Plate, porcelain, with a rim shaped in four pointed lobes, painted in famille rose enamels and gold with the arms of Drake. In the centre is the design of two pheasants on a rock with peonies. Round the rim is a border of rocaille work in European style with elements of shells and also what appear to be pottery kilns with vents sprouting smoke and cartwheels. Below is a roccoco shield containing the arms of Drake, Awyvern with wings displayed and tail nowed; the crest is not recorded (in the form of a castle?). The arms could also be of Venables (Argent a wyvren passant gules). The arms are similar to another, with a different crest, made for the Drake family of Shardeloes in Buckinghamshire and identical to a tea service mae a little later. These two may have been made for Captain Richard Drake of the Hawk, at Canton in 1758. Place of Origin China (made) Date ca. 1750 (made) Artist/maker Unknown (maker) Materials and Techniques Porcelain painted in enamels and gold Dimensions Diameter: 23.3 cm Descriptive line Dish, porcelain, painted in famille rose enamels and gold with coat of arms, China, Qing dynasty, Qianlong reign, ca. 1750 Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no) Howard, David Santuary. Chinese Armorial Porcelain. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1974, p. 337 Kerr, Rose and Luisa E. Mengoni Chinese Export Ceramics London: V&A Publishing, 2011, p.42, pl.47 Materials Porcelain Techniques Gilding; Glazed; Painted Subjects depicted Rock; Smoke; Pheasants; Kilns; Peonies Categories Ceramics; Porcelain Collection East Asia Collection