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

Plate

ca. 1756 (made)
Artist/Maker
Bow Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
London (made)

Plate of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed and painted in red enamels, with the subject of Aeneas carrying Anchises from the burning ruins of Troy enclosed within a border of rococo scrollwork and ribbons.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Plate
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed and painted in red enamels
Porcelain
Transfer-Printed
Painted
Brief description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed and painted in red enamels, with Aeneas carrying Anchises from the burning ruins of Troy, made by Bow Porcelain Factory, London, ca. 1756
Physical description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed and painted in red enamels, with the subject of Aeneas carrying Anchises from the burning ruins of Troy enclosed within a border of rococo scrollwork and ribbons.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 19.7cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of two plates with 414:71/A-1885 (Sch. I 111A)
The pair is listed as purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Bradbee, Lowestoft, for 10 shillings in December 1870.
According to her Journals, vol. I, p. 60, she was given a Bow plate of this design by a Mr Hughes, a bookseller, on 5th November 1869
Subjects depicted
Aeneas
Anchises
Place depicted
Troy
Literary referenceAeneid
Bibliographic references
  • Watney, B. Notes on Bow Transfer Printing. English Ceramic Circle Transactions. 1972, vol. 8, part 2.
  • Pietsch, Ulrich, and Theresa Witting, Fascination of Fragility: Masterpieces of European Porcelain, Leipzig: E.A. Semann, 2010.
  • Guy-Jones, Gordon & Sue. Bow Porcelain, On-glaze Prints and their Sources. English Ceramics Circle, 2013
  • Mallet, J.V.G. in Snodin, Michael (ed.), Rococo: Art and Design in Hogarth’s England. Victoria and Albert Museum, 1984, cat. D8-D9
Other number
Sch. I 111 - Schreiber number
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
414:71-1885

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Record createdDecember 12, 2008
Record URL
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