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

Dish

1784-1795 (made)
Artist/Maker
William Duesbury & Co. (manufacturer)
Billingsley, William (painters (artists))
Place of origin
Derby (manufactured)

Oval dish with lobed rim decorated with a blue and gold border. In the middle is a bouquet painted in colours.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Soft Paste Porcelain
Enamel
Gilt
Painted
Brief description
Dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, painting by William Billingsley, manufactured by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1784-1795
Physical description
Oval dish with lobed rim decorated with a blue and gold border. In the middle is a bouquet painted in colours.
Dimensions
  • Length: 28.6cm
  • Width: 24.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'D' surmounted by a crown and crossed batons and six dots (Maker's mark painted (overglaze) in mauve on underside)
  • '127' (Painted (overglaze) in mauve on underside)
  • 'X' (Incised on underside)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Given by Mr John Haslem. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street.
Production
Billingsley left Derby for Pinxton in 1795, not, as usually claimed, in 1796.
Subject depicted
Bouquets
Bibliographic references
  • Haslem, John. The Old Derby China Factory. 1876. 64 p.
  • Honey, W. B. Old English Porcelain. London : Faber&Faber, 1948. 126 p.
  • Murdoch, John and Twitchett, John. Painters and the Derby China Works, London : Trefoil, 1987 p.44
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
3045-1901

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Record createdAugust 14, 2008
Record URL
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