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

Bowl

ca. 1770-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bowl of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed with underglaze blue, painted with red enamel and gilded. Circular in shape and transfer-printed and painted outside with three subjects: a man with a scythe and a woman with a rake in a landscape with a river, bridge, houses and trees; a man with a gun and a dog beside a river with a house and trees; and a man and woman with a dog in a landscape with a river, building, trees and gate. In blue, red and gold. Flowering sprays in red. Within the bowl are birds and flowering plants in red, blue and gold, and a border of alternate diaper and floral pattern.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed with underglaze blue, painted with red enamel and gilded
Brief description
Circular bowl of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed with underglaze blue, painted with red enamel and gilded, Liverpool, ca. 1770-75
Physical description
Bowl of soft-paste porcelain transfer-printed with underglaze blue, painted with red enamel and gilded. Circular in shape and transfer-printed and painted outside with three subjects: a man with a scythe and a woman with a rake in a landscape with a river, bridge, houses and trees; a man with a gun and a dog beside a river with a house and trees; and a man and woman with a dog in a landscape with a river, building, trees and gate. In blue, red and gold. Flowering sprays in red. Within the bowl are birds and flowering plants in red, blue and gold, and a border of alternate diaper and floral pattern.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.3cm
  • Diameter: 18.7cm
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1157-1924

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Record createdJune 3, 2009
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