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

Plate

1816-1820 (made), ca. 1825 (decorated)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted in monochrome green enamel and gilded. Shaped rim with the well painted with a Chinese lady holding a parasol in a landscape. The flange is decorated with an elaborate pattern of shells, flowers and scrolls in gold, and with four reserves enclosing Chinese figures in green monochrome enamel.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted in monochrome green enamel and gilded
Brief description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted in monochrome green enamel and gilded, Nantgarw China Works, Nantgarw, 1816-1820, decorated in London ca. 1825.
Physical description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted in monochrome green enamel and gilded. Shaped rim with the well painted with a Chinese lady holding a parasol in a landscape. The flange is decorated with an elaborate pattern of shells, flowers and scrolls in gold, and with four reserves enclosing Chinese figures in green monochrome enamel.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 21.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Nantgarw / CW' (Impressed)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Miss C.M. Gray
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.256-1976

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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