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

Plate

ca. 1790-1800 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of soft-paste porcelain, enamelled and gilt. Painted with three sailing ships, one of them aground, in a square compartment within a gilt lacework border. On the rim a broad band of yellow edged with gilt cresting. Inscribed underneath in blue 'Aground'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, enamelled and gilt
Brief description
Plate, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain, Derby, 1790-1800
Physical description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain, enamelled and gilt. Painted with three sailing ships, one of them aground, in a square compartment within a gilt lacework border. On the rim a broad band of yellow edged with gilt cresting. Inscribed underneath in blue 'Aground'.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'D' surmounted by a crown with crossed batons and six dots (Maker's mark painted (overglaze) in blue on underside)
  • '277' (Pattern number painted (overglaze) in blue on underside)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst
Subject depicted
Other number
6121 - Hurst Collection No.
Collection
Accession number
C.291-1940

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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