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In 1789, when George III was 50 and had recovered from his first serious bout of madness. This glorious china service was commissioned to celebrate his return to health. It' s of the finest French Sevres porcelain, and it' s a tea and coffee service. And you can see the plates here, each one with a cursive G for George, the coffee cups, the tea cup, and the rather charming slops bowl, as it was known, where you could put the detritus from your plates. And each piece has a celebration of the King, if you like. So here, " Huzza the King is well." Then we have " The Patron of Arts", because George III founded the Royal Academy. Then my particular favourite, " The Best of Fraters". That' s supposed to be " The Best of Fathers", but it is French, so I suppose we can allow them the odd spelling mistake. |
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1789 nián, qiáo zhì sān shì yǐ jīng 50 suì le, yě cóng zuì chū yán zhòng de jīng shén bìng zhōng huī fù guò lái, xià lìng zhì zào le zhèi xiē jīng měi dí cí qì qìng zhù tā huī fù jiàn kāng, dōu shì fǎ guó zuì hǎo de sāi fū lēi cí qì, yǒu yī xiē chá bēi hé kā fēi bēi, kě yǐ kàn dào zhèi xiē pán zi, měi gè dōu kè yǒu cǎo shū zì mǔ G, biǎo shì qiáo zhì, kā fēi bēi chá bēi hái yǒu fēi cháng xiǎo qiǎo de wǎn, kě yǐ fàng yī xiē shí wù suì xiè. měi yī jiàn cí qì dōu xiě zhe duì guó wáng de zhù fú, zhè lǐ xiě zhe" guó wáng wàn shòu ān kāng", hái yǒu zhè gè xiě zhe" yì shù de bì hù zhě". yīn wèi qiáo zhì sān shì jiàn lì le huáng jiā xué yuàn, yǒu yī jiàn wǒ tè bié xǐ huān de, xiě zhe" zuì hǎo de Fraters", cāi cè yīng gāi shì xiě" zuì hǎo de fù qīn", dàn zhè jù shì fǎ yǔ, kě yǐ rèn wéi shì qí guài de pīn xiě cuò wù. |