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Cabinet Plate
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About this work
Pate sur pate or 'paste on paste' is a decorative technique for porcelain that involves painting primarily white clay slips on a dark background. After each layer has dried, successive layers are applied before being scraped and carved back to form the decoration in low relief.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineCabinet Plate, 1883. Made by W. T. Copeland & Sons (British), retailed by Tiffany & Co. (America, New York, est. 1837). Porcelain with enamel pâte-sure-pâte and gilt decoration; overall: 2.5 x 22.8 cm (1 x 9 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Charles Phillips, 2010.238
