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

Flower Pot

ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Flower pot of porcelain, painted with enamels, and containing bouquets of flowers modelled in relief, and outside the pot are painted sprays of flowers; probably for a dessert setting


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and modelled in relief
Brief description
Flower pot of porcelain painted in enamels, and containing bouquets of flowers modelled in relief, made by Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1765.
Physical description
Flower pot of porcelain, painted with enamels, and containing bouquets of flowers modelled in relief, and outside the pot are painted sprays of flowers; probably for a dessert setting
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.8cm
  • Diameter: 7.6cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:253-1885 (Sch. I 339). The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Craenen, Brussels, for £2 in September 1882.
Acquired as Chelsea porcelain.
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 339A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:253/A-1885

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Record createdJanuary 6, 2009
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