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

Plate

ca. 1770 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and in the middle are two long-tailed exotic birds among flowering plants, and the rim has a wavy edge and is painted with a border of close red foliage and Chinese trellis-diaper in alternative compartments separated by gilt flowers, and within this border are small sprays of flowers and foliage.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770
Physical description
Plate of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and in the middle are two long-tailed exotic birds among flowering plants, and the rim has a wavy edge and is painted with a border of close red foliage and Chinese trellis-diaper in alternative compartments separated by gilt flowers, and within this border are small sprays of flowers and foliage.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 19.5cm
Style
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Skinner, London, for £1 10 shillings in September 1869
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
For another of this pattern see see S. Spero and J. Sandon, Worcester Porcelain ... The Zorensky Collection, 1996, no. 298 (where dated ca. 1770)
Other number
Sch. I 515 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:510-1885

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Record createdJanuary 19, 2009
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