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

Shanghai pattern

Soup Plate
1884 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

'Shanghai' pattern soup plate, part of a dinner service. Square, cut corner-shaped plate with a dip in the bowl for collecting the last of the meal; decorated in green, yellow and lilac chinoserie, floral pattern on a cream coloured ground with gilt edging.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleShanghai pattern (series title)
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, transfer-printed in enamels and gilt
Brief description
'Shanghai' pattern soup plate, earthenware transfer-printed in enamels and gilt, designed by Christopher Dresser for Old Hall pottery, Hanley, England, 1884
Physical description
'Shanghai' pattern soup plate, part of a dinner service. Square, cut corner-shaped plate with a dip in the bowl for collecting the last of the meal; decorated in green, yellow and lilac chinoserie, floral pattern on a cream coloured ground with gilt edging.
Dimensions
  • Length: 22.5cm
  • Width: 22.5cm
Object history
Part of a dinner service in the 'Shanghai pattern', C. 115 to 122-1999.
Subject depicted
Other number
4193 - pattern number
Collection
Accession number
C.119-1999

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Record createdJanuary 27, 2000
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