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

Model

ca. 1760 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Model of a flower-pot with growing cactus in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. The pot has a beaded edge and two horizontal ridges outlined in brown, and pendant rings moulded in relief, painted yellow and red. On the sides are painted floral sprays in pink, red, green and blue. The cactus is green on a brown ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded in relief
Brief description
Model of a flower-pot with growing cactus in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and moulded, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Model of a flower-pot with growing cactus in soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. The pot has a beaded edge and two horizontal ridges outlined in brown, and pendant rings moulded in relief, painted yellow and red. On the sides are painted floral sprays in pink, red, green and blue. The cactus is green on a brown ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.6cm
  • Diameter: 6.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
'7' (In black)
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1127-1924

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Record createdMay 29, 2009
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