37 shell-shaped dishes 1787
5.0 x 22.5 x 22.0 cm (whole object) | RCIN 33676
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Tournai : Belgium (1751-1850)
37 shell-shaped dishes 1787
![Set of egg cups Set of egg cups](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/8/5/519820-1424867409.jpg?itok=wL2gfWnc)
Tournai : Belgium (1751-1850)
Set of egg cups 1787
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Tournai : Belgium (1751-1850)
37 shell-shaped dishes 1787
![Set of bains-marie Set of bains-marie](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/2/f/630415-1473261128.jpg?itok=35JwL1yq)
Tournai : Belgium (1751-1850)
Set of bains-marie 1787
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37 shell-shaped soft-paste Tournai porcelain fruit dishes; dark blue border with gilt decoration and three rectangular reserves painted with birds in landscapes, separated by ovals painted with insects; the centre with a bird in a landscape vignette.
Provenance
Part of a soft-paste Tournai porcelain combined dinner and dessert service ordered by Louis Philippe, Duc d'Orleans (1747-93) in 1787, painted with birds from Buffon's 'Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux'; about half of which acquired by George IV from Robert Fogg in two lots in 1803 and 1806.
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Measurements
5.0 x 22.5 x 22.0 cm (whole object)
Category
Place of Production
Tournai [Belgium]