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

Dish

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

Lozenge-shaped dish with undulating edge and moulded rim decorated with a border of flowers in compartments formed by gilt laurel branches. In the centre is a bouquet within a gilt oval wreath.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, enamelled and gilt
Brief description
Dish, enamelled and gilt soft-paste porcelain, painting by William Billingsley, manufactured by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, ca. 1790
Physical description
Lozenge-shaped dish with undulating edge and moulded rim decorated with a border of flowers in compartments formed by gilt laurel branches. In the centre is a bouquet within a gilt oval wreath.
Dimensions
  • Length: 24.1cm
  • Width: 19.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'D' surmounted by a crown and crossed batons and six dots (Maker's mark painted (overglaze) in mauve on underside)
  • '53' (Painted (overglaze) in mauve on underside)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Given by John Haslem. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W. B. Old English Porcelain. London : Faber&Faber, 1948. 126 p.
Collection
Accession number
3046-1901

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
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