Description
A beautiful mid victorian Coalbrookdale pierced calling card plate or wall plaque depicting ornate scrolling foliage and Greek mythological gods of the sea including Amphitrite, Poseidon and Triton, as well as sea monsters, serpents and hippocampi. The design is by a German architect and designer Karl Friedrich Schinkel who travelled to England to study the techniques of cast iron production before returning to Germany where he designed pieces for the famous Berlin foundry. The same motif used of the water gods and hippocampi (sea horses) with tridents on this plate is used on the famous Schloßbrucke (Palace Bridge) in Berlin. Arguably one of the grandest bridges in Berlin and a fantastic historical association with this design of plate. The original of this dish in cast iron was exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851. This design was produced by Coalbrookdale over a period of 30 years, c. 1840 – 1870. The plate measures 21 cm or 8.5 inches in diameter and it is excellent crisp condition with Illegible foundry mark to reverse.
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