Title: Botanical plate with a flowering eggplant
Object type: Dessert plate
Date: ca. 1755
Artist:  Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory 
Artist bio: British, 1745–1784, Red Anchor Period, ca. 1753–58
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Maker
Medium: Soft-paste porcelain with enamel decoration
Dimensions: Overall (confirmed): 1 3/8 × 9 1/16 × 9 1/16 in., 1 lb. (3.5 × 23 × 23 cm, 0.5 kg)
Classification: Ceramics-Porcelain
Credit line: Purchase, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. William Jaffe, by exchange, Gift of James A. Moffett, by exchange, Tomasso Brothers Fine Art Gift, Fletcher Fund, by exchange, Bequest of Annie C. Kane, by exchange, and funds from various donors, 2016
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Eggplants, term: Butterflies