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

Saucer

ca. 1778-81 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Saucer of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and decorated with festoons of flowers suspended from the gilt edge.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Saucer of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, made by Derby Porcelain Factory, Derby, ca. 1778-81
Physical description
Saucer of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and decorated with festoons of flowers suspended from the gilt edge.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 12.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
'N' [Incised] (a mark datable to 1778-81)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Part of a set of two tea bowls and saucers 414:457/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 383 to C)
There are no details of how Lady Charlotte Schreiber acquired these pieces in the annotated copy of the first edition of her catalogue
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 383A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:457/A-1885

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Record createdJanuary 9, 2009
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