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

Dish

ca. 1758-60 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, transfer-printed over the glaze in black, and moulded in relief in the form of two vine-leaves, with edges bordered in green, and stalks coloured yellow forming the handle; in the centre is a group of birds among trees


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, painted with enamels, transfer-printed over the glaze in black, and moulded in relief
Brief description
Dessert dish of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamels and painted in turquoise; moulded in relief in the form of two vine-leaves; Worcester porcelain factory, ca. 1758-60
Physical description
Dish of soft-paste porcelain, painted in enamels, transfer-printed over the glaze in black, and moulded in relief in the form of two vine-leaves, with edges bordered in green, and stalks coloured yellow forming the handle; in the centre is a group of birds among trees
Dimensions
  • Width: 18.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
Rhodes pinxit (Painted, apparently as signature to the transfer-print, in brown enamel (see References))
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:65/A-1885 (Sch. I 466/A); on this, however, see below.
One dish was purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Walker, Bath, for £1 in September 1869, and the other from Mrs Becks, Bristol, for in January [?] 1870
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W.B., Old English Porcelain, first edition, 1928, p. 145, note 1
Other number
Sch. I 466 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:65-1885

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Record createdJanuary 15, 2009
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