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

Plate

1805 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the middle in a landscape is Psyche in classical drapery seated under a tree and shooting an arrow at Eros. In the branches of the tree is Cupid. The rim is ornamented with acanthus scrolls en grisailleand gilt scrolls in red panels on a pink ground, which is further decorated with gilt designs.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded
Brief description
Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded, painted by Förstler, Imperial Vienna Porcelain factory, Vienna, 1805.
Physical description
Plate of hard-paste porcelain painted with enamels and gilded. In the middle in a landscape is Psyche in classical drapery seated under a tree and shooting an arrow at Eros. In the branches of the tree is Cupid. The rim is ornamented with acanthus scrolls en grisailleand gilt scrolls in red panels on a pink ground, which is further decorated with gilt designs.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 25.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Signed by the painter Johann Förstler)
  • A shield with the arms of Austria (In blue)
  • '5' (Impressed)
Credit line
Given by Col. Waldo-Sibthorp
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
334-1902

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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