Plate
This dish is part of a service made for John Elwick of Cornhill, London (died 1730), who was a director of the English East India Company, the firm that dominated the British trade with India and China.
Artwork Details
- Title:Plate
- Date:1725–30
- Culture:Chinese, for British market
- Medium:Hard-paste porcelain
- Dimensions:Overall: 2 3/8 × 15 1/4 in. (6 × 38.7 cm)
- Classification:Ceramics-Porcelain-Export
- Credit Line:Helena Woolworth McCann Collection, Purchase, Winfield Foundation Gift, 1967
- Object Number:67.237
- Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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Imperial Porcelain Manufactory, St. Petersburg (Russian, 1744–present)
1755–60
mid-18th century
ca. 1723–35
ca. 1730
ca. 1737
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