By Derby
Located in Downingtown, PA
Antique Derby Porcelain Botanical Salmon-ground Plate,
Marsh Hibiscus,
by John Brewer after Curtis, The Botanical Magazine, #882, 1806,
circa 1815.
The Derby Porcelain plate is superbly painted with a Marsh Hibiscus botanical specimen with richly gilded borders with swans and stylized flowerheads on a rich salmon ground.y gilded borders with swans and stylized flowerheads are on a rich salmon ground.
The flower is named on the reverse: "Marsh Hibiscus".
Diameter: 8 7/8 inches (22.5 cm)
Mark: crown, crossed batons, and D mark in red, numerals 4 & 13 in yellow & green inside foot rim.
John Brewer, (1764-1816)
John was the elder of two brothers who both worked at Derby. Their parents were both artists and from 1762-1767 had studios in London at Rupert Street. Brewer started working at Derby in 1795. He was a talented watercolorist and had never applied his art to porcelain painting. At Derby, he painted a variety of subject matters including plant and flower painting.
The Botanical Magazine is one of the oldest - and longest-published - of the British botanical...
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Early 19th Century English Georgian Antique Crown Derby Dinner Plates