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

Dish

ca. 1755 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Circular in shape and with a scalloped rim, and the edge is painted with a crimson line. In the middle, in a depressed scalloped compartment, is a mountainous landscape with a classical ruin and figures on the bank of a river, painted en camaïeu in crimson. On the rim is a bouquet and sprigs of flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Circular dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Chelsea Porcelain factory, Chelsea, ca. 1755.
Physical description
Dish of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Circular in shape and with a scalloped rim, and the edge is painted with a crimson line. In the middle, in a depressed scalloped compartment, is a mountainous landscape with a classical ruin and figures on the bank of a river, painted en camaïeu in crimson. On the rim is a bouquet and sprigs of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
An anchor (In red)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic reference
Honey, W.B. Old English Porcelain: A Handbook for Collectors. London : Faber & Faber, 1977. pl. 9a.
Collection
Accession number
C.244-1935

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Record createdJune 22, 2009
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