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

Slop-Bowl

ca. 1725 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Slop-bowl of hard-paste porcelain. Open semi-circular bowl, on a footrim. The interior is painted with a rim of interlacing bandwork in gold, and a shaped oval cartouche enclosing chinoiserie figure subjects and bordered with foliate bandwork in gold, iron-red and purple; the exterior with two similar panels, and with sprays of "India flowers".


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Slop-bowl, hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt, Meissen porcelain factory, probably painted by Johann Ehrenfried Stadler, Germany, ca. 1725
Physical description
Slop-bowl of hard-paste porcelain. Open semi-circular bowl, on a footrim. The interior is painted with a rim of interlacing bandwork in gold, and a shaped oval cartouche enclosing chinoiserie figure subjects and bordered with foliate bandwork in gold, iron-red and purple; the exterior with two similar panels, and with sprays of "India flowers".
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 17.2cm
  • Height: 9.0cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords in blue enamel
  • '22' (or 'ZZ') (Gilder's mark in gold)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss Maud Lilian Ochs
Object history
C.91 to 93-1992 are decorated en suite.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.92-1992

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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