Plate
Gallery Location
Not on View
Maker
Wedgwood (English, est. 1759)
Medium
Bone china with overglaze enamel decoration and gilding inspired by the Art Nouveau style
Geography
Staffordshire, England
Date
c.1900-1910
Dimensions
26 cm
Object number
993.110.1
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. David W. Nicholls and Mrs. Hilary V. Nicholls
Collection
Department
Art & Culture: Europe
Description
The raised gilding that decorated the fine Vienna porcelains of the Sorgenthal period, ca. 1800, was greatly admired by collectors around 1900 and imitated in contemporary porcelain decoration.
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