A Derby Porcelain Botanical Plate Broad Billed Heliconia c1800

Description

Heading :  A Derby Duesbury and Kean Porcelain Botanical plate
Date : c1800
Period : George III
Marks : Derby blue painted crossed batons and 216 beneath crown. titled ‘Heliconia Lillacorum’. ‘Broad Billed Heliconia’
Origin : Derby. England
Colour : Polychrome and gilt
Pattern : 216
Features : Fluted rim
Condition : Good. wear to the gilding and some stacking wear in the glaze visible in the matting at the top of the flower
Restoration : None
Dimensions : 23cm diameter
Weight : 474g

Eric Knowles Comments

Botanical themes became a firm favourite at Derby when copies of Curtis’s Botanical Magazine arrived in 1791. Some years later the factory also purchased a a copy of water colourist John Edwards’ tome “A collection of Flowers”. This was a more naturalistic style than that observed in Curtis.