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

Plate

1756-1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in purple, painted with enamels and slightly gilded, and octagonal in shape, the rim is moulded with foliated scrollwork and decorated with birds, and in the middle are a bouquet and sprays of flowers, and a butterfly.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed and painted with enamels, gilded and moulded
Brief description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in purple and painted with enamels and slightly gilded, Vauxhall porcelain factory, Vauxhall, 1756-1760
Physical description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed in purple, painted with enamels and slightly gilded, and octagonal in shape, the rim is moulded with foliated scrollwork and decorated with birds, and in the middle are a bouquet and sprays of flowers, and a butterfly.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.2cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Morgan, London, for 10 shillings in November 1866.
Acquired as Bow porcelain. Reattributed to Longton Hall by Bernard Rackham 1910s-1920s. Relabelled 'Longton Hall or Liverpool' 1956.
Reattrubted to William Ball's factory, Liverpool, and subsequently to Vauxhall.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 446 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:77-1885

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2009
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