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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 Plate

ca. 1765-1775 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Soup plate of hard-paste porcelain, painted in blackish blue with two exotic birds amid grasses. On the rim a running rococo scroll and leaf border.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Soup plate, hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, ca. 1765-75
Physical description
Soup plate of hard-paste porcelain, painted in blackish blue with two exotic birds amid grasses. On the rim a running rococo scroll and leaf border.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords with dot between hilts (Factory mark, in underglaze blue)
  • '13' (Impressed)
  • 'K' (In underglaze blue)
Credit line
Given by C. H. Campbell, Esq.
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.317-1921

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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