Botanical plate with a tropical specimen
Object type: Plate
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: British, Chelsea
Artist: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory
Artist bio: British, 1745–1784, Red Anchor Period, ca. 1753–58
Artist role: Maker
Artist nationality: British
Date: ca. 1755
Medium: Soft-paste porcelain
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 1 7/16 × 9 × 9 in. (3.7 × 22.9 × 22.9 cm)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit line: Purchase, Bequest of Alfred Duane Pell, by exchange, John Stewart Kennedy Fund, by exchange, and Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Luke Vincent Lockwood, by exchange, 2016
Accession year: 2016
Tags: Insects|Butterflies|Flowers