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

Plate

ca. 1780 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Lobed rim with a blue edge. Painted with a bouquet and sprigs of flowers scattered over the surface. Underneath is a ring in relief within the foot-ring to give support in the kiln.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels
Brief description
Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels, Bristol porcelain factory, Bristol, ca. 1780.
Physical description
Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels. Lobed rim with a blue edge. Painted with a bouquet and sprigs of flowers scattered over the surface. Underneath is a ring in relief within the foot-ring to give support in the kiln.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 20.3cm
Marks and inscriptions
'B 6' (In overglaze blue)
Credit line
Bequeathed by Herbert Allen
Object history
Formerly in the Alfred Trapnell Collection.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.648-1935

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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