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

Plate

second half of 18th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of hard-paste porcelain, gently scalloped rim moulded in relief. Painted in pale blue under a clear glaze with a bouquet of flowers and scattered flowers and insects.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue
Brief description
Plate, hard-paste porcelain, painted in underglaze blue, Meissen porcelain factory, Germany, second half of 18th century
Physical description
Plate of hard-paste porcelain, gently scalloped rim moulded in relief. Painted in pale blue under a clear glaze with a bouquet of flowers and scattered flowers and insects.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • Crossed swords (Factory mark, in underglaze blue)
  • '19' (Impressed)
Credit line
Given by C. H. Campbell, Esq.
Object history
See also C.108-1926 (same shape and decoration).
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.302-1921

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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