dinner plate



dinner plate

Summary

Circular dinner plate with broad shallow well and undulating 6-lobed rim. Rim relief-moulded with bust portrait of Frederick the Great of Prussia, trophy of arms including halberd, arrow sling and drum, and eagle in flight, each motif against diamond diaper ground, alternating with commemorative inscription 'SUCCESS / TO THE / KING OF / PRUSSIA / AND HIS / FORCES' in three sections flanked by small scrollwork cartouches.


Object Name

dinner plate

Date Created

c 1756=1763

accession number

1923.441

Place of creation

Staffordshire

Medium

Credit

Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg

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