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

Punch Bowl

ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Circular with a low cylindrical base with irregular applied incrustation. Painted outside with birds on fruiting branches, moths and other insects. Inside are insects and fruiting sprays of orange, lemon and cherry. Inside is a border of foliated scrolls in gold.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Punch bowl in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Derby Porcelain factory, Derby, ca. 1765.
Physical description
Bowl in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Circular with a low cylindrical base with irregular applied incrustation. Painted outside with birds on fruiting branches, moths and other insects. Inside are insects and fruiting sprays of orange, lemon and cherry. Inside is a border of foliated scrolls in gold.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.1cm
  • Diameter: 26cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.680-1925

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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