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Large rectangular plaque, red earthenware, relief-moulded with portrait of Frederick the Great of Prussia on horseback, within husk and scroll borders, picked out in blue, green, yellow and brown beneath a lead glaze.
Private:
Rectangular plaque, relief-moulded with an outer frame of rococo scrolls picked out in underglaze cobalt blue, inner husk border in brown overglaze enamel, two pierced holes at the top. Moulded low-relief portrait of left side profile figure of Frederick on horseback, soldiers on horseback and encampment in the distance behind him. Horse picked out with a pale brown wash, Josephus with brown boots and hat, blue coat and yellow sash and gloves, all in underglaze colours, with some detail in brown overglaze enamel. Grass below and sky above indicated by small patches of green and blue. Moulded inscription below reads 'FRIDERICUS II BORUSSORUM REX'.
Technique: relief-moulding
Technique: slip-coated
Technique: painting underglaze
Technique: enamelling overglaze
Material: ceramics
Material: earthenware
Material: cobalt blue
plaque made in Germany, Europe, c 1770, (1923.1031). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.2321 | Go to resource |
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