Bottle thumbnail 1
Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery

Bottle

ca. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bottle of porcelain, painted with enamels, and hexagonal with a bulbous body, spreading base, and a long narrow neck, with a formal border in red below it, and on one side of the body are two Chinese performing tumblers, and on the other is a small landscape with buildings.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Bottle of soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, and hexagonal with a bulbous body, spreading base, and a long narrow neck, made Worcester porcelain factory, ca. 1755
Physical description
Bottle of porcelain, painted with enamels, and hexagonal with a bulbous body, spreading base, and a long narrow neck, with a formal border in red below it, and on one side of the body are two Chinese performing tumblers, and on the other is a small landscape with buildings.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.7cm
  • Diameter: 6cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Ganz, Amsterdam, for 5 shillings in August 1869
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 459 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:483-1885

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Record createdJanuary 15, 2009
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