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

Plate

1783-93 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cake plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with blue enamels and gilded. Lobed and wavy edge. In the middle is a triple sprays in a medallion surrounded by six radial bands each passing across a spray of flowers.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Soft-paste porcelain painted with blue enamels and gilded
Brief description
Cake plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with blue enamels and gilded, Caughley porcelain factory, probably gilded at Chamberlain's factory, Worcester, ca. 1783-93
Physical description
Cake plate of soft-paste porcelain painted with blue enamels and gilded. Lobed and wavy edge. In the middle is a triple sprays in a medallion surrounded by six radial bands each passing across a spray of flowers.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 19.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
'S' (In underglaze blue)
Credit line
Given by Alfred Darby, Esq.
Production
The underglaze blue decoration was carried out at the Caughley factory, and the gilding was probably added at Chamberlain's works
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.138-1921

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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