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

Plate

1800-50 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of felspar porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Octagonal with a wavy rim. In the middle is a floral spray with insects and surrounded by a pink border with four butterflies.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, painted in colours and gilded
Brief description
Plate, bone china ('felspar' porcelain), painted in colours with a pink border, floral decoration and gilded, Spode Ceramic Works, Stoke-on-Trent, England, 1800-50
Physical description
Plate of felspar porcelain painted in colours and gilded. Octagonal with a wavy rim. In the middle is a floral spray with insects and surrounded by a pink border with four butterflies.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 23.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Spode Felspar Porcelain' surrounded by a wreath of the rose, thistle and shamrock (Printed in mauve)
Credit line
Given by Miss H.M. Gulson
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
565F-1902

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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