Plate, Stackelberg, Rörstrand porcelain factory, 1756
The plate in the stand is made of faience, an earthenware with tin glaze, at the Rörstrand porcelain factory. It is dated 6 March 1756 and is priced at 20 daler copper coins for the dozen (12) plates. The rim of the plate has a dot and line decoration in ‘bianco sopra bianco’, Italian for ‘white on white’, and four flower sprigs. /p>
In the centre is the coat of arms of the Baronial House of Stackelberg No. 192 of the Swedish House of Knights. The coat of arms shows a shield with two oak logs standing on three mountains, each with two acorns. The shield has two helmets with baronial crowns and a baronial crown in the centre. From the left helmet a crowned lion is visible between two oak logs and from the right one a field marshal's baton through a crown. The plate was found among household utensils belonging to the Adelswärd family, who owned a property in the Gubben neighbourhood in Norrköping during the period.
During the time of the Swedish East India Company (1731-1813), it became fashionable for the Swedish nobility to order porcelain crockery from China with their own coat of arms. The decorations were often designed by Swedish or European artists. They were approved by the client and manufactured in China before being shipped to Sweden via Canton, today's Guangzhou.
In Sweden at the same time, earthenware was produced at the Marieberg and Rörstrand porcelain factories. Sometimes the Chinese porcelain is called genuine porcelain while the domestic faience is called fake porcelain.
)Object number: 1374165_HST
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