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

Bread and Butter Plate

1770-1784 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bread and butter plate, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain. Decorated in imitation of brocade with parallel transverse bands of diaper pattern.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, enamelled and gilt
Brief description
Bread and butter plate, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain, William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1770-1784
Physical description
Bread and butter plate, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain. Decorated in imitation of brocade with parallel transverse bands of diaper pattern.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 20cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'C J' in monogram surmounted by a crown (Maker's mark painted (overglaze) in blue)
  • '71' (Painted (overglaze) in blue)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Sydney A. Erwood
Production
Register - copied from a Frankenthal plate made in 1771.
Collection
Accession number
C.371-1922

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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