platter; meat

Maker
Riley
Production date
1802-1828
 Description
Meat platter with blue and white transfer pattern called "EUROPA" and depicts Europa on the back of a tame bull, which is the form Zeus has taken to get close to her. The image is at least partially based on Claude Lorrain's work "Coast scene with the Rape of Europa" that is now in the Royal Collection.
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Department
Object
Maker
Production date
1802-1828
Production place
Stoke On Trent/Staffordshire/England
Signature & date
transfer:base:"RILEY'S/ SEMI CHINA".
Measurement type, part and reading
Dimensions:0 - Whole:L 52.5cm (L 1' 8 11/16")
Dimensions:0 - Whole:W 42.7cm (W 1' 4 13/16")
Dimensions:0 - Whole:H 6.7cm (H 2 5/8")
Accession number
1987-057-001

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