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

Dish

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oval dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. With an undulating rim, and moulded with vine leaves and grapes. Painted in enamels with birds in the middle.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded
Brief description
Oval dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1760
Physical description
Oval dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. With an undulating rim, and moulded with vine leaves and grapes. Painted in enamels with birds in the middle.
Dimensions
  • Length: 20.9cm
  • Width: 17.1cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of a pair with C.237-1935.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.237A-1935

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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