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On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Knife Handle

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Parian porcelain knife handle in the form of a cupid standing on a dolphin.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Parian porcelain
Brief description
Parian porcelain knife handle in the form of a cupid standing on a dolphin, Minton & Co., England, 19th century
Physical description
Parian porcelain knife handle in the form of a cupid standing on a dolphin.
Dimensions
  • Taken from register length: 3.87in
Credit line
Given by Henry Cole, Esq. C.B.
Object history
Part of the Summerly Art Manufactures, 1847
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
208-1854

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Record createdJune 9, 2004
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