Platter, Chinese in Gazebo #7
Item Number: P243
Item Shape: Platter
Pattern Name: Chinese in Gazebo #7
Dimensions: L 16.75″, W 13″
Date: c. 1805-1820
Maker: Davenport
Maker’s Mark: Impressed
Description:
This platter is marked with both a printed DAVENPORT and an impressed anchor mark. The platter was printed with another center view in the Chinese in Gazebo series. Here three figures in Chinese attire in front of the simple gazebo. A man stands holding a bird with a string. Another is seated in front of him accompanied by a child standing. The pattern is based on a Pillement engraved design, plate 3 from his collection titled “Chinese genre scenes in gazebos along the shore”, engraved and published by Pierre Charles Canot, London 1759. 
The pattern is documented in Chinoiserie: Printed British Ceramics in the Chinese Style, 1750-1900, by R. Halliday and L. Zeller, Gomer Press, 2018.
Condition: Very good.
