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

Plate

ca. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded in imitation of Japanese Kakiemon ware; in the middle are a prunus-tree, chrysanthemums, other flowering plants and two quails; the rim has a border of close red foliage with gilt flowers at intervals


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded in imitation of Japanese Kakiemon ware, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1755
Physical description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded in imitation of Japanese Kakiemon ware; in the middle are a prunus-tree, chrysanthemums, other flowering plants and two quails; the rim has a border of close red foliage with gilt flowers at intervals
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.9cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of two plates 414:353&/A-1855 (Sch. I 45&A)
The plates were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Hayton, London, for 4 shillings in August 1866.
Acquired as Chelsea porcelain.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 45A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:353/A-1885

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Record createdDecember 5, 2008
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