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

Dish

1770-1777 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and square with round corners and an undulating edge, and in the middle, painted en grisaille, is a classical urn garlanded with laurel, and the rim is painted with festoons of flowers and gilt rosettes, and the underside is also painted with sprigs of flowers.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and square with round corners and an undulating edge, made by William Duesbury & Co., Derby, 1770-1777
Physical description
Dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and square with round corners and an undulating edge, and in the middle, painted en grisaille, is a classical urn garlanded with laurel, and the rim is painted with festoons of flowers and gilt rosettes, and the underside is also painted with sprigs of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Width: 22.6cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
Conjoined anchor and 'D' (Maker's mark painted (overglaze) in gold on underside)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:447-1885 (Sch. I 396)
The pair was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Hayton, London, for 13 shillings [? pence] in May 1866
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 396A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:447/A-1885

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Record createdJanuary 12, 2009
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