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
Collection Group
Place of creation
Staffordshire
Medium
Credit
Bequeathed by Thomas Tylston Greg
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