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 a growing cactus in soft-paste porcelain and painted with enamels. On the sides, which have horizontal ridges, are painted with flowering sprigs in red, yellow, rose-pink, blue and green. The cactus is green with a lilac ground.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain and painted with enamels
Brief description
Model of a flower pot with a growing cactus in soft-paste porcelain and painted with enamels, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1760
Physical description
Model of a flower pot with a growing cactus in soft-paste porcelain and painted with enamels. On the sides, which have horizontal ridges, are painted with flowering sprigs in red, yellow, rose-pink, blue and green. The cactus is green with a lilac ground.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.2cm
  • Diameter: 8.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
'10' (In red)
Credit line
Given by E. F. Broderip, Esq.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.989-1924

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Record createdJune 15, 2009
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