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

Plate

ca. 1759 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of hard-paste porcelain. Wavy rim with four groups of four spiral ribs in relief. In the central medallion, framed in gold, is painted a landscape view with two churches, named on the reverse in a painted purple inscription: 'Die aússicht un Zollenberge zú Hessen, bis zúr Assebúrg'. In the border, slight festoons and sprays of flowers, purple feathering, and gilt edge.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain, painted in enamels and gilt
Brief description
Plate, hard-paste porcelain painted in enamels and gilt, Fürstenberg Porcelain, Brunswick, Germany, ca. 1759
Physical description
Plate of hard-paste porcelain. Wavy rim with four groups of four spiral ribs in relief. In the central medallion, framed in gold, is painted a landscape view with two churches, named on the reverse in a painted purple inscription: 'Die aússicht un Zollenberge zú Hessen, bis zúr Assebúrg'. In the border, slight festoons and sprays of flowers, purple feathering, and gilt edge.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 22.9cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'F' in underglaze blue
  • 'OB' incised
Credit line
Bequeathed by J. A. Tulk
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
C.51-1956

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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