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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Dish

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

Dish of salt-glazed stoneware painted with enamels, and oval in shape with a wavy edge, and the rim is moulded in low relief with panels of trellis and basketwork-pattern coloured pink, red and brown, separated by scrolls coloured green, and in the middle is painted, between two stylised trees, a Chinese man carrying three parrots perched on a frame suspended from his shoulders.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware painted with enamels and moulded
Brief description
Dish of salt-glazed stoneware painted with enamels, and oval in shape with a wavy edge, and the rim is moulded in low relief, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire and painted in the Netherlands, ca. 1760.
Physical description
Dish of salt-glazed stoneware painted with enamels, and oval in shape with a wavy edge, and the rim is moulded in low relief with panels of trellis and basketwork-pattern coloured pink, red and brown, separated by scrolls coloured green, and in the middle is painted, between two stylised trees, a Chinese man carrying three parrots perched on a frame suspended from his shoulders.
Dimensions
  • Length: 15.9cm
  • Width: 13.3cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Object history
One of a pair with 414:912-1885 (Sch. II 228).
Subjects depicted
Other number
Sch. II 228A - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:912/A-1885

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Record createdJune 3, 2009
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