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

Dish

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dessert dish (or dessert tureen stand) of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed over the glaze in black, painted with enamels in pink, yellow and green, and moulded in the form of a leaf, and the edge is coloured green and yellow, the mid-rib and veins are pink, and in the middle are three butterflies.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed over the glaze, painted with enamels and moulded
Brief description
Dessert dish of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed over the glaze in black, painted with enamels in pink, yellow and green, and moulded in the form of a leaf, Worcester Porcelain Factory, ca. 1760
Physical description
Dessert dish (or dessert tureen stand) of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed over the glaze in black, painted with enamels in pink, yellow and green, and moulded in the form of a leaf, and the edge is coloured green and yellow, the mid-rib and veins are pink, and in the middle are three butterflies.
Dimensions
  • Length: 21.3cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Murphy, Dublin, for 7 shillings and 6 pence in August 1872
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 465 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:61-1885

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Record createdJanuary 15, 2009
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