Dish. Culture: British, Chelsea. Dimensions: Overall: 12 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (32.4 × 24.8 cm). Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1745-1784, Red Anchor Period, ca. 1753-58). Date: ca. 1752-56.The image of a rhinoceros is derived from a woodcut of 1515 by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), re-issued and copied many times in the ensuing centuries. An Indian rhinoceros belonging to King Manuel I of Portugal was the inspiration for the Dürer work. It was used for the decoration of a large dish in a Meissen porcelain service given to Britain's envoy to the Dresden court in 1745-52, Sir Charles Hanbury Williams. He sent the service to England. The rhinoceros dish was borrowed by the Chelsea Factory, with other pieces from the service, to be copied. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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Dish. Culture: British, Chelsea. Dimensions: Overall: 12 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (32.4 × 24.8 cm). Factory: Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory (British, 1745-1784, Red Anchor Period, ca. 1753-58). Date: ca. 1752-56.The image of a rhinoceros is derived from a woodcut of 1515 by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), re-issued and copied many times in the ensuing centuries. An Indian rhinoceros belonging to King Manuel I of Portugal was the inspiration for the Dürer work. It was used for the decoration of a large dish in a Meissen porcelain service given to Britain's envoy to the Dresden court in 1745-52, Sir Charles Hanbury Williams. He sent the service to England. The rhinoceros dish was borrowed by the Chelsea Factory, with other pieces from the service, to be copied. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

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