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

Plate

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

Plate of porcelain with a powdered blue ground, and with the upper surface entirely covered with blue and the lower side is left white, and the rim is painted with branches in blue.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with underglaze blue
Brief description
Plate of porcelain with a powdered blue ground, and with the upper surface entirely covered with blue and the lower side is left white, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Plate of porcelain with a powdered blue ground, and with the upper surface entirely covered with blue and the lower side is left white, and the rim is painted with branches in blue.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
Five simulated Chinese characters (In blue)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
The plates were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Marynen, Brussels, for 15 shillings in March 1874
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 23A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:514/A-1885

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Record createdDecember 2, 2008
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