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

Plate

1770-1777 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dessert plate with undulating edge painted in gilt. On the rim a purple band with dark purple scrollwork. Below this, garlands in green and red suspended from purple rosettes. In the middle, an urn in grisaille with a garland of roses.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain, Derby Porcelain factory, Derby, 1770-1777
Physical description
Dessert plate with undulating edge painted in gilt. On the rim a purple band with dark purple scrollwork. Below this, garlands in green and red suspended from purple rosettes. In the middle, an urn in grisaille with a garland of roses.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.3cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Conjoined anchor and 'D' (Maker's mark painted (overglaze) in gold on underside)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Sydney A. Erwood
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.340-1922

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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