Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 145

Dish

1765-75 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded, in the style of Japanese 'Imari' porcelain, saucer-shaped with a scalloped rim, and the decoration is painted in mazarine-blue under the glaze and in red and two shades of green with gilding over it, and in the middle is a flowering branch of chrysanthemum, and the rim is divided into twelve panels, four large ones containing prunus-blossoms or other flowers and eight smaller ones in pairs filled with two different diaper-patterns, and on the underside of the rim are three sprays of tree peony.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Dish of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, in the style of Japanese 'Imari' porcelain, and saucer-shaped with a scalloped rim, made by Worcester Porcelain factory, England, 1765-75
Physical description
Dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded, in the style of Japanese 'Imari' porcelain, saucer-shaped with a scalloped rim, and the decoration is painted in mazarine-blue under the glaze and in red and two shades of green with gilding over it, and in the middle is a flowering branch of chrysanthemum, and the rim is divided into twelve panels, four large ones containing prunus-blossoms or other flowers and eight smaller ones in pairs filled with two different diaper-patterns, and on the underside of the rim are three sprays of tree peony.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 20.3cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor (In gold)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair of dishes with 414:337-1885 (Sch. I 221)
Formerly in the collection of the Earl of Lonsdale
The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Augustus Wollaston Franks, in exchange for Bristol cups, for £2 2 shillings in 1885
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 221A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:337/A-1885

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Record createdDecember 22, 2008
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