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

Blind Earl's pattern

Tray
ca. 1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tray of porcelain of the 'Blind Earl's pattern', painted with underglaze blue, and circular, with a scalloped rim, and moulded with rose foliage and two rose-buds, the stalks of which form loop handles at either end, and the rose-buds and leaves are picked out in blue and insects are painted in the intervals between them.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleBlind Earl's pattern (series title)
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with underglaze blue and moulded
Brief description
Circular tray of porcelain of the 'Blind Earl's pattern', painted with underglaze blue, and moulded with rose foliage and two rose-buds, the stalks of which form loop handles at either end, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca 1765
Physical description
Tray of porcelain of the 'Blind Earl's pattern', painted with underglaze blue, and circular, with a scalloped rim, and moulded with rose foliage and two rose-buds, the stalks of which form loop handles at either end, and the rose-buds and leaves are picked out in blue and insects are painted in the intervals between them.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 14.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
A crescent (Painted in underglaze blue)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:529/A-1885 (Sch. I 485A)
These two dishes were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Welsh, London, for £1 in April 1866
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Watney, B. English Blue and White Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century. London : Faber & Faber, 2nd ed. 1973.
  • For this pattern, see Branyan, French and Sandon, Worcester Blue and White Porcelain, revised edition 1989, cat. I.E.48, where dated ca. 1765
Other number
Sch. I 485 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:529-1885

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Record createdJanuary 16, 2009
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