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

Dish

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

Dish of porcelain, painted with enamels, and heart-shaped, decorated with a border of shaped panels reserved on a yellow ground and painted with bouquets and insects, and the ground itself is also painted with a butterfly and detached leaves or flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Dish of porcelain, painted with enamels, and heart-shaped, made by Chelsea Porcelain factory, London, ca. 1755.
Physical description
Dish of porcelain, painted with enamels, and heart-shaped, decorated with a border of shaped panels reserved on a yellow ground and painted with bouquets and insects, and the ground itself is also painted with a butterfly and detached leaves or flowers.
Dimensions
  • Length: 28.3cm
  • Width: 18.1cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:341-1885 (Sch. I 184)
The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Brookes, London, for£2 10 shillings in March 1866
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 184A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:341/A-1885

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Record createdDecember 18, 2008
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