Basin
ca. 1770 (made)
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 139, The Curtain Foundation Gallery| Artist/Maker | |
| Place Of Origin |
Basin of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and the outside is printed with L'Amour, representing a gallant on a garden seat beside a lady, whose hand he leans forward to kiss, and another lady stands behind, and in the foreground are a spaniel and a garden roller, and in the background is a fountain with the statue of Neptune in his chariot, and the outside is further decorated by a print of a lady and a gentleman seated on the ground in a landscape, watching the gambols of two dogs, a print of a small domed building with twisted columns, and a print of a statue on a pedestal, and inside is a print of a group of three swans.
object details
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| Object Type | |
| Materials and Techniques | Porcelain transfer-printed in black enamel |
| Brief Description | Basin of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and engraved by Robert Hancock, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1770. |
| Physical Description | Basin of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and the outside is printed with L'Amour, representing a gallant on a garden seat beside a lady, whose hand he leans forward to kiss, and another lady stands behind, and in the foreground are a spaniel and a garden roller, and in the background is a fountain with the statue of Neptune in his chariot, and the outside is further decorated by a print of a lady and a gentleman seated on the ground in a landscape, watching the gambols of two dogs, a print of a small domed building with twisted columns, and a print of a statue on a pedestal, and inside is a print of a group of three swans. |
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| Marks and Inscriptions | 'R H Worcester' and an anchor (On the print of L'Amour, and the anchor is the mark of Richard Holdship) |
| Credit line | Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber |
| Object history | Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Davis, London, for £3 15 shillings in June 1870 |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Other Number | Sch. I 667 - Schreiber number |
| Collection | |
| Accession Number | 414:628-1885 |
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| record created | January 30, 2009 |
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