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

Saucer

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

Saucer of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in lilac and over-painted in enamels, and printed with a river-scene with a water-mill and weir, and in the foreground is a man fishing


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in lilac and over-painted in enamels
Brief description
Saucer of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in lilac and over-painted in enamels, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1765
Physical description
Saucer of soft-paste porcelain, transfer-printed in lilac and over-painted in enamels, and printed with a river-scene with a water-mill and weir, and in the foreground is a man fishing
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 11.7cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Part of two coffee cups and saucers 414:125/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 660 to C).
These cups and saucers were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Mr Baldwin's sale, Forster's, for £2 15 shillings in May 1870.
Acquired as Bow porcelain.
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 660C - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:125/C-1885

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Record createdJanuary 30, 2009
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