Inscription in latin translated as: "to the perpetual memory of matthew decker, baronet, and theodore netscher, gentleman. This pineapple [literally ‘cone of the pine’], deemed worthy of the royal table, grew at richmond at the cost of the former, and still seems to grow by the art of the latter. H[enry] watkins set up this inscription, a. D. 1720". Collection of the fitzwilliam museum, cambridge. Painting of a pineapple grown in the garden at richmond green, surrey, of sir matthew decker, 1st baronet, grandfather of the museum’s founder. Date: 1720. Collection: Fitzwilliam Museum.
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