# Plate with Chinese decoration [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UNKNOWN POTTER, French]() - Date: 1651-1700 - Technique: High temperature faience, decorated in blue and purple, diameter 55 cm ## Commentary Financial difficulties twice forced the French monarchy - in 1689 and again in 1709 - to melt down the crown's gold and silver plate. Few pieces of precious metalwork survived this disaster, but substitutes in fine porcelain were created. The ceramics craft was in full expansion, adapting its decorative forms to high-quality designs incorporating scalloped borders and scrollworks. The formerly Italian workshop at Nevers began producing Chinese-style faience, notably favouring monochrome blue decoration. ## Related artworks - [Bottle-cooler with a Chinese decor]() - [Cameo Service]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Battle of Friedland]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Conquest of Silesia]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Foundation of the Kingdom]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Freeing of Dantzig]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: The Three Hanseatic Cities \(Berlin, Warsaw, Königsberg\)]() - [Cameo-style Plaque: Victory of Eylau]() - [Chocolate pot]() - ["Choisy" Flower Basin]() - ["Clodion" Vase]() - ["Clodion" Vase]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()