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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

first half of 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of bone china, moulded in low relief, painted in enamels and decorated with gilding. The rim has a lobed edge and is decorated with three scrolled panels flanked by sprays of flowers, moulded and gilt; the panels are painted with flowers in colours on a ground of blue check-pattern.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Bone china, moulded in low relief, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Plate of bone china, moulded in low relief, painted in enamels and gilt, Davenport & Co., Longport, first half of 19th century
Physical description
Plate of bone china, moulded in low relief, painted in enamels and decorated with gilding. The rim has a lobed edge and is decorated with three scrolled panels flanked by sprays of flowers, moulded and gilt; the panels are painted with flowers in colours on a ground of blue check-pattern.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • A gilt triangle
  • A ribbon inscribed 'DAVENPORT' above an anchor (Printed in dark red)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
2670-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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