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

Plate

1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Plate of porcelain and the centre is painted and gilded with flowers on a creamy ground. The rim is decorated with gilding on shades of blue and the initials 'R.F.'.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Porcelain, painted and gilded
Brief description
Plate of porcelain, Sèvres porcelain factory, Sèvres, 1880.
Physical description
Plate of porcelain and the centre is painted and gilded with flowers on a creamy ground. The rim is decorated with gilding on shades of blue and the initials 'R.F.'.
Dimensions
  • Diameter: 24.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • (Mark for the year 1880 on the bottom.)
  • 'R.F.' (Part of the decoration on the rim, for République Française)
Credit line
Given by Mons. le Ministre de l'Instruction Publique et des Beaux-Arts
Object history
Part of a service made for the French Embassy in London.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
182-1881

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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