Not currently on display at the V&A

Dish

ca. 1758-1769 (made)
Artist/Maker
Chelsea Porcelain Factory (manufacturer)
Place of origin
Chelsea (made)

Dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Oval with a lobed rim and wavy edge, and painted with a pheasant on a rock and other exotic birds with branches of foliage. Round the edge is a narrow pea-green border.


Object details

Categories
Ceramics
Porcelain
Object type
Dish
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Soft Paste Porcelain
Enamels
Painted
Brief description
Oval dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Chelsea Porcelain factory, Chelsea, ca. 1758-1769.
Physical description
Dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Oval with a lobed rim and wavy edge, and painted with a pheasant on a rock and other exotic birds with branches of foliage. Round the edge is a narrow pea-green border.
Dimensions
  • Length: 26cm
  • Width: 18.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • An anchor (In red)
  • Transliteration
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Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of a pair of dishes with C.241-1935.
Subjects depicted
Pheasant
Rock
Birds
Foliage
Border
Collection
Ceramics Collection
Accession number
C.241A-1935

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Record createdJune 22, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O250999/dish-chelsea-porcelain-factory/
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