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, painted with enamels in black outline washed over with green and decorated with gilding, and in the middle is a landscape with a pinnacled tower within a walled enclosure, and the rim has a wavy edge with a gilt border.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate of porcelain, painted with enamels in black outline washed over with green and with gilding, made by Chelsea Porcelain factory, London, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Plate of porcelain, painted with enamels in black outline washed over with green and decorated with gilding, and in the middle is a landscape with a pinnacled tower within a walled enclosure, and the rim has a wavy edge with a gilt border.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 20.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor (In gold)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of two plates with 414:348-1885 (Sch. I 204)
The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Walker's sale, Sotheby's, for £5 10 shillings in April 1868
Other number
Sch. I 204A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:348/A-1885

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Record createdDecember 19, 2008
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