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The Gabriel Goldney plaque

The Gabriel Goldney plaque

(English, 1743–1791)
(English, working 1770–1781)
(English, active about 1740–1780)
about 1777
Object PlaceEngland
Medium/TechniqueBiscuit porcelain
Dimensions22.86 x 20.32 cm (9 x 8 in.)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd E. Hawes
Accession number1986.977
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsCeramics
Collections
InscriptionsAffixed to the back (removed and now in object file) was an oval piece of paper inscribed in ink: "Specimen of Bristol China modeled by Thomas Briand of Derby 1777."
ProvenanceProbably Gabriel Goldney (b. 1732, d.1790), Bristol; by 1873, Rev. John Kellow Goldney, Clifton; Lloyd Hawes, Wellesley, MA.