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Porcelain dish, Chinese. Ching Dynasty, from the reign of Emperor Kangxi, 1662-1722 |
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The Oriental and European blue and white wares used in the exhibition were selected from the Decorative Art ceramics collection at the Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove. A collection of over 10,000 pieces.
The Chinese porcelain displayed, some of it over four hundred years old, demonstrated the artistic and manufacturing excellence of oriental porcelain. These were the finest examples of the type of ware so revered by Europeans.
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Soft-paste porcelain dish, Worcester, c1775. This press-moulded dish is painted in underglaze blue. Due to the stylised nature of the decoration this uncommon pattern is known as The Rubber Tree Plant. Although several private collectors own examples of the pattern, it is the only known piece in a major public collection with this design. |
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The English pieces were all produced during a period of some forty-five years covering the latter half of the eighteenth century and the first years of the next. This was the most popular time for blue and white porcelain in England and when the output from the factories was at its height. Several factories were represented in the exhibition. The greatest number came from Worcester and reflects the strength in the museums' collection of examples from that particularly maker.
Most factories at this time did not give particular titles to designs and the majority of the pattern names referred to in the exhibition are those given for identification purposes by later academics and collectors.
See all the objects used in the display
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The Exhibition
