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

Plate

ca. 1832 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of bone china painted with enamels and gilded. Patten plate for a dessert service made for King William IV, whose arms are in the middle. The rim is decorated with gilt oak branches on a green ground and has a gold chevron border round the edge.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate of bone china painted with enamels and gilded, Rockingham Ceramic Factory, Swinton, ca. 1832.
Physical description
Plate of bone china painted with enamels and gilded. Patten plate for a dessert service made for King William IV, whose arms are in the middle. The rim is decorated with gilt oak branches on a green ground and has a gold chevron border round the edge.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
A griffin, the crest of Earl Fitzwilliam, and 'Royal Rockm. Works, Brameld' (Printed in crimson)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Patten plate for a dessert service made for King William IV., known as "Rockingham porcelain."

Given by Earl Fitswilliam, K. G. Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
3159-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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