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

Flower Pot

ca. 1809 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Flower of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and inverted truncated cone-shaped, with two adherent ring handles, and on one side is a bust of Queen Charlotte with 'Q. CHARLOTTE' below it, and on the other side is a group of ruins.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain transfer-printed in black enamel
Brief description
Flower of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and inverted truncated cone-shaped, with two adherent ring handles, and engraved by Robert Hancock, made by Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1809.
Physical description
Flower of porcelain, transfer-printed in black enamel, and inverted truncated cone-shaped, with two adherent ring handles, and on one side is a bust of Queen Charlotte with 'Q. CHARLOTTE' below it, and on the other side is a group of ruins.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.7cm
  • Diameter: 12.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Q. CHARLOTTE' (Below the portrait of the queen)
  • '2' [incised]
  • 'B' [incised] (Probably the initial of Martin Barr)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
The bust if after a portrait drawn and engraved by James McArdell, published in 1762, and shortly after the marriage of the Queen to King George III
Purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Noakes, Worcester, for £1 in June 1868
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 678 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:492-1885

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Record createdFebruary 3, 2009
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