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

Plate

ca. 1780-1790 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue, enamels over the glaze and gilded. In the middle is a river scene with a ship going up stream and men in dinghies. Round the rim is a wavy ribbon interlacing with floral gilt chains and a green band.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue, enamels over the glaze and gilded
Brief description
Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue, enamels over the glaze and gilded, Imperial Vienna Porcelain factory, Vienna, ca. 1780-1790.
Physical description
Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with underglaze blue, enamels over the glaze and gilded. In the middle is a river scene with a ship going up stream and men in dinghies. Round the rim is a wavy ribbon interlacing with floral gilt chains and a green band.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A shield with figure '7' below (In underglaze blue. The shield is with the arms of Austria.)
  • '9' (Impressed)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Mr John George Joicey
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.1477-1919

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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