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

Slop Basin

ca. 1825 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Slop basin of bone china painted with enamels and gilded. Of Etruscan shape. Decorated in the interior with a broad band of pale lilac edged with gilt lines, and overlaid with regularly spaced inverted spreading sprays of gilt foliage. The exterior has a gilt line with bands on alternate sides. Handle and foot with gilt lines.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Slop basin of bone china painted with enamels and gilded, Spode Ceramic Works, Stoke-on-Trent, ca. 1825
Physical description
Slop basin of bone china painted with enamels and gilded. Of Etruscan shape. Decorated in the interior with a broad band of pale lilac edged with gilt lines, and overlaid with regularly spaced inverted spreading sprays of gilt foliage. The exterior has a gilt line with bands on alternate sides. Handle and foot with gilt lines.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7cm
  • Diameter: 17.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Four petalled flower (Impressed)
  • 'Spode / felspar Porcelain' [in a wreath] (Painted in puce)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss D.B. Simpson
Object history
A set with tea cup, coffee cup and saucer C.94 to B-1977.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.94C-1977

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Record createdAugust 4, 2010
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