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 with enamels and gilded. Lobed rim with a gilt design of shells and scrollwork forming half panels in which are small bouquets. In the middle is a painting of a cock in a landscape.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, Nantgarw China Works, Nantgarw, 1816-1820, decorated in London, ca. 1825.
Physical description
Plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. Lobed rim with a gilt design of shells and scrollwork forming half panels in which are small bouquets. In the middle is a painting of a cock in a landscape.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'NANT-GARW C.W' (Impressed)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
One of three plates C.588 to B-1935. Formerly in the J.G. Mortlock Collection.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.588A-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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