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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 143, The Timothy Sainsbury Gallery

Tea Bowl and Saucer

ca. 1720 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tea bowl and saucer of porcelain, each with surface with a burnished gilt ground, and the underside of each has a broad band of gilt scrollwork.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Parts
This object consists of 2 parts.

  • Tea Bowl
  • Saucer
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, gilded
Brief description
Tea bowl and saucer of porcelain, gilded, probably decorated in the workshop of Georg Funcke in Dresden, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Meissen, ca. 1720.
Physical description
Tea bowl and saucer of porcelain, each with surface with a burnished gilt ground, and the underside of each has a broad band of gilt scrollwork.
Marks and inscriptions
Diagonal line (Incised to the foot rim)
Credit line
From the Arthur and Hilde Weiner Collection. Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to the V&A, 2006
Object history
Formerly in the Arthur and Hilde Weiner Collection.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.36:1, 2-2006

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Record createdApril 21, 2009
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