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

Stand

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Teapot stand of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and hexagonal in shape with a fluted rim, and round the rim is a border of chain-pattern in gold on a band of bleu de roiedged with gold scrolls, and in the middle is a small river-scene painted in a medallion surrounded by a border of turquoise-blue husk pattern, and beyond this are three garlands of flowers with butterflies between them.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Teapot stand of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and hexagonal in shape with a fluted rim, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1780.
Physical description
Teapot stand of porcelain, painted with enamels and gilded, and hexagonal in shape with a fluted rim, and round the rim is a border of chain-pattern in gold on a band of bleu de roiedged with gold scrolls, and in the middle is a small river-scene painted in a medallion surrounded by a border of turquoise-blue husk pattern, and beyond this are three garlands of flowers with butterflies between them.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 15.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
A crescent (In blue)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Smart, London, for15 shillings in 1867
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 596 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:633-1885

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Record createdJanuary 26, 2009
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