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

Sweetmeat Dish

ca. 1750 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sweetmeat dish of soft-paste porcelain. In the form of three shells conjoined and resting on smaller shells and coral.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain
Brief description
Sweetmeat dish of soft-paste porcelain, Bow Porcelain Factory, Bow, ca. 1750.
Physical description
Sweetmeat dish of soft-paste porcelain. In the form of three shells conjoined and resting on smaller shells and coral.
Dimensions
  • Height: 4.4cm
  • Width: 14.6cm
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.177-1935

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Record createdJune 17, 2009
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