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

Saucer

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted over the glaze with blue enamel and gilded. Fluted with a scalloped edge, and decorated with sprays of flowers in overglaze blue enamel, and with a border of scrollwork and diaper pattern in gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted over the glaze with blue enamel and gilded
Brief description
Saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted over the glaze with blue enamel and gilded, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Saucer of soft-paste porcelain painted over the glaze with blue enamel and gilded. Fluted with a scalloped edge, and decorated with sprays of flowers in overglaze blue enamel, and with a border of scrollwork and diaper pattern in gold.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 12.4cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Part of two teacups and saucers C.394 to C-1935.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.394A-1935

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Record createdJuly 3, 2009
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