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

Saucer

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

Saucer, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, with a high slanting rim, and decorated inside with a row of gilt-edged oval compartments set midway between two horizontal bands of husk-pattern in green; the compartments, the gilt edges of which are delicately tooled, contain single rose-springs pointing alternately upwards and downwards


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Saucer, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, with a high slanting rim, made by Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1780.
Physical description
Saucer, of hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilded, with a high slanting rim, and decorated inside with a row of gilt-edged oval compartments set midway between two horizontal bands of husk-pattern in green; the compartments, the gilt edges of which are delicately tooled, contain single rose-springs pointing alternately upwards and downwards
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 14.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A cross (In overglaze blue)
  • '3' (In gold)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Part of two coffee cans and saucers 414:775/ to C-1885 (Sch. I 772 to C).
These pieces were purchased by Lady Charlotte Schreiber from Walker, Bath, for £24 10 shillings in September 1869. This was an exceptionally large sum of money to pay for two coffee cans and saucers.
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. I 772A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:775/A-1885

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Record createdFebruary 12, 2009
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