N° d'objet
M.46.11
Titre
China Plate for W.G. Grace's Century of Centuries 1866-1895
Date
1895-00-00
Créateur
Matériel
Etendue
D: 9 ins
Description
China plate, Commemorating W.G. Grace's Century of Centuries 1866-1895. Coalport china, white underglaze, rim has irregular indentations; rococco design in three repeats. Decoration: in green and gold: photogravure portrait of Dr. Grace framed with a laural wreath, the clasp at the top bearing his name. Raying out from the centre are ninety wickets and ten bats each bearing particulars of one of his centuries, framed with a border of balls, bails and laurel leaves; the rim embellished with gold scroll work. Inscribed on base: In/commemoration/of/Dr. W.G. Grace's/Century of Centuries/1866-1895/* signifies not out. Printed on back: Manufactured for S.J. Keppel & Son, Bristol; stamped: (trade mark) a crown with the words: England/Coalport/A.D.1750, written in red: X 1662; 53. Impressed mark: LH5.
MCC/AAL/2/TEMP122 : Curator's correspondence relating to loans to the Hove Museum of Art and the Commonwealth Relations Office
MCC/AAL/2/TEMP77 : Curator's correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC 1945-1960 donor surname K
M.57.8 : W G Grace, Century of Centuries Commemorative Plate
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