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

Soup Dish

ca. 1755-1765 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Soup dish of hard-paste porcelain, octagonal, deeply dished shape. Rim relief-moulded in ‘Old Osier’ pattern (Altozier). The centre painted with birds, the rim with insects. Edge gilt.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain with relief-moulded decoration, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Soup dish, hard-paste porcelain with relief-moulded decoration, painted in enamels and gilt, made by Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1755-65
Physical description
Soup dish of hard-paste porcelain, octagonal, deeply dished shape. Rim relief-moulded in ‘Old Osier’ pattern (Altozier). The centre painted with birds, the rim with insects. Edge gilt.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords (Factory mark, in blue)
  • '22' (Impressed)
Credit line
Given by Mrs Herbert Allen (Maude Louise Allen)
Production
Attribution from the manuscript catalogue dates from about 1970 and was compiled by William Hutton of the Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.58-1922

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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