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Saucer with griffins and floral scrolls
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Saucer with griffins and floral scrolls

anonymous · c. 1800 · turning; vitrification; paint; relief (sculpture technique); gild; emailleren; fired; formed; glaze; gold (metal); email; porcelain

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Porcelain plate with straight sides, painted on the glaze in blue, red, green, black, and gold. The center features a gilded medallion with an engraved pot and branches. Surrounding it: a gilded band and a band with floral scrolls. The sides are covered in gold with three hexagonal compartments, each containing a griffin. The compartments are linked by blue floral motifs. Gilded rim.

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Credit lineSaucer with griffins and floral scrolls. c. 1800. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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