Plate with Flowers and Fruit

Ceramic

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Drexel Founding Collection

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

Name/Title

Plate with Flowers and Fruit

Entry/Object ID

170

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

Dimensions

Height

1-1/2 in

Diameter

9-1/2 in

Height

3.81 cm

Diameter

24.13 cm

Material

Hard paste porcelain

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.