Plate with Lily of the Valley Tree (Clethra arborea)

Manufactory Royal Porcelain Manufactory (Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur), Berlin German
 Painted by Johann Friedrich Schultze German
 After a design by Etienne Pierre Ventenat

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A fashion for botany swept Europe at the end of the eighteenth century, when botanical designs were used to decorate porcelain services. This plate design is closely related to the service that the Berlin royal porcelain manufactory (Koenigliche Porzellan Manufaktur) created for Josephine Bonaparte beginning in 1809. Like all true botanical services, this plate, which features a lily of the valley, identifies the scientific nomenclature of the plant, “Clethra arborea,” on the reverse side.

Plate with Lily of the Valley Tree (Clethra arborea), Royal Porcelain Manufactory (Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur), Berlin (German, founded 1763), Hard-paste porcelain, German, Berlin

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Plate with Lily of the Valley Tree (Clethra arborea), Royal Porcelain Manufactory (Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur), Berlin (German, founded 1763), Hard-paste porcelain, German, Berlin
Plate with Lily of the Valley Tree (Clethra arborea), Royal Porcelain Manufactory (Königliche Porzellan-Manufaktur), Berlin (German, founded 1763), Hard-paste porcelain, German, Berlin

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