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

Plate

ca. 1851 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of porcelain, painted in enamel colours and decorated with gilding. In the middle is painted the badge of the Russian Order of St. Andrew. In panels on the rim are the Orders of St. George, St. Alexander of Nevsky, St. Vladimir, the White Eagle (of Poland), St. Stanislaus (of Poland) and St. Anne. The badges on the rim are in light yellow shaped panels reserved on a dark blue ground and surrounded by gilt scrolls. The rim has a serrated wavy edge.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate of porcelain, painted in enamels and gilded, Coalport Porcelain Factory, Coalport, ca. 1851.
Physical description
Plate of porcelain, painted in enamel colours and decorated with gilding. In the middle is painted the badge of the Russian Order of St. Andrew. In panels on the rim are the Orders of St. George, St. Alexander of Nevsky, St. Vladimir, the White Eagle (of Poland), St. Stanislaus (of Poland) and St. Anne. The badges on the rim are in light yellow shaped panels reserved on a dark blue ground and surrounded by gilt scrolls. The rim has a serrated wavy edge.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
The royal arms of England surrounded by a circular band and scrolls bearing the words 'A. B. & R. P. DANIELL, MANUFACTURERS TO HER MAJESTY & THE ROYAL FAMILY. 129, NEW BOND STREET & 18, WIGMORE ST. LONDON' (Printed in gold)
Credit line
Transferred from the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn Street
Object history
Made for A.B. & R.P. Danielle, London.
Specimen of a service made by command of Queen Victoria for presentation to Czar Nicolas I. of Russia. Exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851.
Production
Made for A.B. & R.P. Danielle, London.
Subjects depicted
Associations
Bibliographic reference
Oakey, David. Celebratory Ceramics: A Royal History. English Ceramics Circle Transactions, Volume 23, 2012, pp193-212. Illustrated fig. 21, 207p.
Collection
Accession number
3386-1901

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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