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

Tea Bowl

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea bowl of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with bouquets within gilt wreaths and detached sprays of flowers, and borders of Chinese diaper-pattern in purple edged with wavy gilt scrolls.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Tea bowl of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Thomas Flight's factory, Worcester, ca. 1780.
Physical description
Tea bowl of porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Decorated with bouquets within gilt wreaths and detached sprays of flowers, and borders of Chinese diaper-pattern in purple edged with wavy gilt scrolls.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.1cm
  • Diameter: 7.6cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Part of a tea service C.522 to H-1935.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.552C-1935

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Record createdJuly 16, 2009
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