- Museum number
- C119
- Object
- Dish: ‘Rich Dragon’ Pattern, soft-paste porcelain, Worcester Porcelain Factory, about 1765
- Description
- Plate 1765Part of a tea service.Fluted- painted with dragons and flowers in the Japenese style with light blue and gilt border.''Rich dragon pattern'' 1769 catalogue At one point this pattern was described as Old Rich Dragon Pattern with blue celeste borders but it is now described as the Jabberwocky pattern. This is because of the resemblance of the dragon like creature to the creature described in the poem, Jabberywocky, by Lewis Carroll.
- Materials
- Porcelain
- Inscription
- Fretted square in blue
- On display?
- Yes
Further description
- Simple name
- Plate
- Subject
- Animal
Dish: ‘Rich Dragon’ Pattern
Worcester Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain, about 1765
C119
Enormous quantities of Chinese and Japanese porcelain were imported into England during the eighteenth century. However, imports of Meissen and Sèvres from Europe were severely restricted. Factories such as Chelsea copied Meissen porcelain in the collections of its aristocratic clients. Other more modest factories developed their own naive but often charming chinoiseries that were quite different from those made in Germany and France.
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