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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Silver, Room 65, The Whiteley Galleries

Tea Service on a Tray

Oil Painting
ca. 1770 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Britain (made)

Oil on canvas depicting a full tea service on a tray by the light of two candlesticks.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Silver
Object type
Oil painting
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Oil Paintings
  • Frame
Titles
  • Tea Service on a Tray
  • Tea Tray and Two Candlesticks (generic title)
Materials and techniques
oil on canvas
Oil Paint
Canvas
Oil Painting
Brief description
Anonymous oil painting, 'Tea Service on a Tray'. British School, ca. 1770.
Physical description
Oil on canvas depicting a full tea service on a tray by the light of two candlesticks.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 25.625in
  • Estimate width: 39.875in
  • Frame height: 83cm
  • Frame width: 119cm
  • Frame depth: 10cm
Dimensions taken from Summary catalogue of British Paintings, Victoria and Albert Museum, 1973
Style
British School
Credit line
Bequeathed by Lionel A. Crichton
Object history
Bequeathed by Lionel A. Crichton, 1939
Subjects depicted
Still Life
Tea Services
Bibliographic references
  • The following is an excerpt from a chapter entitled 'Still Life in Bond Street' by Tessa Murdoch, in a publication entitled 'This Blessed Plot, This Earth: English Pottery Studies in Honour of Jonathon Thorne', edited by Amanda Dunsmore: "In 1939, the Victoria & Albert Museum acquired six still life paintings from the bequest of the well-known Bond Street silver dealer Lionel A. Critchon. The paintings had been brought to the museum's attention in the early 1920s as of 'considerable interest' in showing silver use".
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1939, published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, London, 1950
  • p.24 Taste and Essence, Macau : Museu de Arte, 2013. ISBN: 9789996502040.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
P.1-1939

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Record createdMarch 6, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O132652/tea-service-on-a-tray-oil-painting-unknown/
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