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

Dish

ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sweetmeat dish of porcelain, painted with enamels, in the form of a leaf with the stalk forming the handle, and on the lower side is a spray of flowers in relief on which the tray rests, and the inside is painted with sprays of flowering tree-peony.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain and painted with enamels
Brief description
Sweetmeat dish of porcelain, painted with enamels, in the form of a leaf with the stalk forming the handle, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1750.
Physical description
Sweetmeat dish of porcelain, painted with enamels, in the form of a leaf with the stalk forming the handle, and on the lower side is a spray of flowers in relief on which the tray rests, and the inside is painted with sprays of flowering tree-peony.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.8cm
  • Width: 12.7cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Pavoorst, Gouda, for 9 shillings 2 pence in August 1869.
Acquired as Chelsea porcelain.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 34 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:357-1885

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Record createdDecember 4, 2008
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