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

Plate

1830-1842 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of bone china, transfer-printed in black outline over-painted in coloured enamels, and gilded in imitation of the Chinese famille verte; octagonal in shape; the centre is circular and painted with flowering plants, fungi and grotesque birds; the rim is decorated within a border in red, with flowers on a green ground on which are reserved four shaped panels, enclosing alternately a bird and a beetle among flowers


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china, transfer-printed in black outline over-painted in coloured enamels, and gilded
Brief description
Plate of bone china, transfer-printed in black outline over-painted in coloured enamels, and gilded, octagonal in shape, made by Rockingham Ceramic Factory, Swinton, 1830-1842
Physical description
Plate of bone china, transfer-printed in black outline over-painted in coloured enamels, and gilded in imitation of the Chinese famille verte; octagonal in shape; the centre is circular and painted with flowering plants, fungi and grotesque birds; the rim is decorated within a border in red, with flowers on a green ground on which are reserved four shaped panels, enclosing alternately a bird and a beetle among flowers
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.4cm
Style
Marks and inscriptions
A griffin above 'Royal Rockingham Works / Brameld' (Printed in purple)
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
Given to Lady Charlotte Schreiber by Colonel Holden in October 1870
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. I 806 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:796-1885

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Record createdFebruary 13, 2009
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