Plate with Flowers and Fruit

Ceramic

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Drexel Founding Collection

#170, Photographed by Mary Elizabeth Kulesa, 2024: Upper Surface
#170, Photographed by Mary Elizabeth Kulesa, 2024

Upper Surface

Name/Title

Plate with Flowers and Fruit

Entry/Object ID

170

Category

Ceramic

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Mrs. George W. Childs, Philadelphia

Notes

Date: 4/9/90 Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. George W. Childs Means of Accession: Gift Source: Collection Count Diego Bouglie of Naples; Said to have belonged to Queen Carolina of Naples and Sicily, sister of Marie Antoinette

Made/Created

Artist

Royal Vienna Porcelain

Date made

1795

Place

City

Vienna

Country

Austria

Continent

Europe

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Underside

Transcription

Royal Vienna Beehive

Notes

in underglaze blue

Type

Inscription

Location

Underside

Transcription

"103."

Material/Technique

Handwritten, Painted

Type

Mark

Location

Underside

Transcription

"95"

Material/Technique

Stamp

Type

Mark

Location

Underside

Transcription

"61"

Material/Technique

Stamp

Dimensions

Height

1-1/2 in

Diameter

9-1/2 in

Material

Hard paste porcelain

Provenance

Notes

Gift to the collection from Mrs. Emma Peterson Childs in 1911. Originally bought by George W. Childs in 1868 from the collection of Count Diego Bouglie of Naples. Said to have belonged to Queen Maria Carolina of Naples.

Exhibitions

Gilded Masters: Royal Viennese Porcelains
Curator Pick of the Month

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Curator Pick of the Month

Label

This Royal Vienna Porcelain Plate with flowers and fruit was made in 1795 and was donated by Mrs. George W. Childs, A.J. Drexel’s best friend’s wife. It is now on display in the Main Building and it is said to have belonged to Queen Carolina of Naples, sister to Marie Antoinette.

Label Type

Exhibition Label

Label

A number of plates from the Vienna Porcelain Factory were decorated with bouquets of flowers and fruit. At first the naturalistic floral paintings were copied, but soon the porcelain painters began experimenting with the colors and arrangements, creating richer imagery.